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VALUING PEOPLE - LATEST INFORMATION
Please follow the link to access important resources just published on
VP now delivery plan
Health action planning and health facilitation guidance
Easy read Health action planning and health facilitation guidance
Basic Guidance on commissioning easy read information
Contact details of national director
Contact details for regional VP now programme leads
Key priorities and action documents for health services, partnership boards and local authorities
The VPST team structure.
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_097669
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A Rough Guide to Personalisation
This guide aims to tell the story so far about the personalisation of adult social care services. It is intended to set out the current understanding of personalisation at a very early stage of implementation, exploring what personalisation is, where the idea came from and placing the transformation of adult social care in the wider public service reform agenda.
Report 20: Personalisation: a rough guide (671kb PDF file).
This powerpoint presentation is based on and complements SCIE's 'Personalisation: a rough guide' publication. It can be used for presentations and training and can be tailored to the particular requirements of the event, audience or sector. There is also a PDF verison.
Presentation template (1280kb PowerPoint presentation).
Presentation template (292 kb PDF file).
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Lord Darzi announced in his Next Stage Review of the NHS that the Department will launch in 2009 a pilot of personal health budgets, as a way of giving patients greater control over the services they receive and the providers from which they receive services. The pilots will draw on the experience of other health systems and in social care.
Personal budgets sit in a spectrum of policies of personalisation, which also includes choice and care planning. As the Prime Minister said in the preface to the Next Stage Review:
‘We need a more personalised NHS, responsive to each of us as individuals … giving us real control and real choices over our care and our lives.’
The Personal Health Budgets project team is working to develop the outline for the pilot scheme and in doing so is working with a wide range of people. We want to hear from anyone who would like to share their experiences in this area and help shape the project. We are particularly interested to hear from organisations, users or carers who are already trying out personal health budgets.
In January 2009 the Department published Personal health budgets: first steps. This document sets out the principles of personal health budgets, reports on early lessons and invites expressions of interest in the pilot programme.
For additional background information, you might find the information sheets below and the links on the right to related policies and projects helpful.
Download initial information sheet - July 2008 (PDF, 101K)
Download update - October 2008 (PDF, 49K)
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There are a number of documents providing guidance on the implementation of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS), including:
A leaflet providing a brief general introduction to the MCA DOLS and has been specifically designed for care homes and hospitals to help staff understand what the MCA DOLS will mean for them and for their service users
to download the leaflet follow this link:
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_09186
Draft deprivation of liberty safeguards standard forms made available in order to facilitate best practice, training and preparation in advance of April 2009, when the deprivation of liberty safeguards come into effect.
These forms are not to be used for making applications for deprivation of liberty authorisations, since they are not the final version that should be used for operationalising the safeguards procedures.
The forms can be adapted but, if used in unedited form, they help all those involved in the safeguards processes to fully meet the requirements of the deprivation of liberty safeguards legislation.
to download the Draft forms follow this link:
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_089772
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The first NHS Constitution for England, a landmark in the history of the NHS has been created through a collaborative approach of consultation, discussion and research with NHS Staff as well as patients, public and stakeholders.
The Constitution represents a commitment that all staff should have rewarding and worthwhile jobs, with the freedom and confidence to act in the interest of patients.
To do this, all NHS staff need to be:
trusted and actively listened to
treated with respect at work,
have the tools, training and support to deliver care,
and opportunities to develop and progress.
The NHS Constitution enables for the first time details as to what staff, patients and the public can expect from the NHS.
It sets out the purpose, principles and values of the NHS, as well as bringing together a number of rights, pledges and responsibilities for all staff and patients.
You can read the Constitution and associated documents by following this link:
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Valuing People Now - New vision for people with learning disabilities
To download Valuing People Now click here
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Understanding autism and employment is important for people with autism, Asperger syndrome and other conditions on the autism spectrum, as well as for their families.
Researchers at Goldsmiths, University of London, want to find out about the emotional, physical and financial impacts on people with autism spectrum disorders and their families.
They would like to hear from people who are:
an adult with a diagnosed autism spectrum disorder
a parent of a person with a diagnosed autism spectrum disorder.
The questionnaire will take 20-30 minutes.
Click here for more information about the autism and employment study
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Have a very Merry Christmas and best wishes for 2009
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Following the national consultation, Reviewing the Care programme Approach (CPA), and having considered the issues identified, this guidance updates policy and sets out positive practice guidance for trusts and commissioners to review local practice to refocus CPA within mental health services.
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Mutual Caring Project: Supporting older families who are looking after each other
Lots of people with learning disabilities live at home with their older family carers, usually their mum or dad, brother, sister or grandparents. Although their carers still do lots to look after them, lots of people with learning disabilities do a lot to help look after their older carer too. When everyone is looking after each other, this is called ‘mutual caring’.
Lots of people don’t get the help they need when they are carers. Lots of workers don’t realise that mutual caring is happening in older families. Lots of people do not realise that people with learning disabilities can be carers too.
There are many things people can do to support older families where mutual caring is happening. This project aims to raise awareness about mutual caring and the different things that people can do to support older families.
Download - [944 KB]Introduction
Download - [527 KB]Part 1: Am I a carer?
Download - [1.37 MB]Part 2: What are my rights?
Download - [1.09 MB]Part 3: Having a carers assessment?
Download - [701 KB]Part 4: What help can I get?
Download - [1.40 MB]Part 5: Getting ready for my carers assessment
Download - [403 KB]Part 6: Guidance for supporter
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A hard rain's a gonna fall...
LightDrops is an umbrella that uses the piezoelectric effect of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) to transform falling rain into electricity, which is then used to light LEDs installed on the umbrella's underside. The heavier the rain falls (and the harder it hits the umbrella), the brighter the light shines.
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"Wherever an inferiority complex exists, there is a good reason for it" - Carl Jung, 1943
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Peanuts - my "git" list
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Local authority support for adults with autism
As part of the National Autistic Society (NAS) I Exist campaign, all local authorities in England were asked if they have a system in place to record the number of adults with autism in their area and if, in line with Department of Health guidance, they have appointed a named individual or team with responsibility for autism.
With the support of thousands of campaigners who have contacted their local authority to raise these demands, the NAS have now received a response from over two thirds of local authorities.
A table has been produced this week and progress is indicated according to the following key:
green indicates progress in the area in question
amber indicates a recognition of the issues and a willingness to address these
red indicates no evidence of progress in the relevant areas
purple indicates that the NAS have not yet received a response from the local authority.
Follow this link to see how your local authority has been rated
Click here to view the progress table
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Peanuts - I weep...
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Clear Thoughts Website
This is a great new Website that has been developed to cover lots of topics relating to mental health for people who have a learning disability.
It will try to make the information as easy to understand as possible.
This is a website for three groups of people.
1. People who have a learning disability
2. Their families and carers
3. Professionals and those supporting people and families
to access the website follow this link
http://www.clearthoughts.info/
This website also comes with Browsealoud. This means you can hear the words on the website. Follow this link for more information Browsealoud page.
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Commissioning specialist adult learning disability health services - Good practice guidance
Good practice guidance on the commissioning of specialist adult learning disability health services for adults.
Consideration has been given to assist in responding to shortcomings identified in these services in recent Healthcare Commission reports including those into abuse in Cornwall and Merton and Sutton.
Within the current environment of separating out purchaser and provider arms of PCTs services are currently debating who should employ specialist learning disability staff - another health provider, mental health trust, social services, social enterprise....
"Specialist learning disability health staff are most likely to be employed within the local NHS, with those not in in-patient settings, operating as part of, and being accountable within, a multi-disciplinary structure such as a community learning disability team (CLDT) that is led or jointly led by the local authority.
Employment within the NHS alongside other health professionals is important in order to maintain appropriate clinical governance, professional development, relationships and learning from colleagues working in other specialisms and to avoid recruitment and retention problems. However, day-to-day operation within a multi-agency framework is essential for the achievement of good person centred outcomes. Being recognised as part of the NHS is particularly important for staff working to promote access to mainstream primary care and acute hospitals in order to facilitate day to day working relationships with NHS colleagues."
Download Commissioning specialist adult learning disability health services (PDF, 337K)
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VIEWPOINT - published by MENCAP
Viewpoint - the learning disability magazine
Viewpoint is the UK’s leading learning disability magazine, published by Mencap. It captures all the news, campaigns and best practice from the world of learning disability.
Viewpoint is published six times a year. An audio version of the magazine is available on CD – available free to people who have a learning disability.
Pulse, Viewpoint's arts and leisure supplement, comes free with the issue, three times a year.
Read the latest stories, download the latest issue or read past issues by clicking on the links below:
Viewpoint – read the latest issue
Pulse – the arts and leisure supplement
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