Co-producing support for people with learning disabilities
The past two years have been hugely challenging, and partnership board members have shown great leadership, despite not being able to meet in person.
The past two years have been hugely challenging, and partnership board members have shown great leadership, despite not being able to meet in person.
Could 27 January 2022 be the ‘One Day’ that every local authority marks Holocaust Memorial Day?
I am sure many of us will be glad to see the back of yet another year dominated by the coronavirus pandemic. From the awful loss of loved ones, friends and colleagues to widening health inequalities, economic turmoil and worsening mental health, COVID-19 has impacted every part of our lives.
I hope that all first readers were able to take some time off over the Christmas period, and I would like to wish you a happy new year and all the best for 2022.
As we begin a new year, it’s natural to think about new beginnings. Could 2022 be the year that the Government stops dithering and finally gets a grip on council funding?
I sit here writing this column still buzzing from our stunning victory in the North Shropshire by-election. Helen Morgan will make a fantastic MP, and a great voice for ignored rural communities.
We enter 2022 with everything to play for.
The 2001 ‘Valuing people’ white paper established learning disability partnership boards (LDPs) for three simple but ambitious reasons.
In Bradford and Craven, where Katie Peacock lives, the life expectancy of a woman with a learning disability is 29 years less than for a woman who doesn’t have one – and for a man, it is 14 years less. “Very sadly, these shocking figures are in line with national statistics,” Katie notes.
Children’s and adult social care services could fail to support everyone they need to, despite making up nearly two-thirds of councils’ total spending, because of rising demand, increasing costs and inadequate funding.