LEARNING DISABILITIES
The Scottish Executive is committed to policies which place emphasis on delivering person-centred services and aims to develop a framework for better social and health care services for people with learning disabilities, including those with Autism Spectrum Disorders, in Scotland.
The Scottish Executive is implementing the recommendations of The same as you? (SAY) review of services for people with learning disabilities, in partnership with the
National Implementation Group
Users and Carers Group,
Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability (SCLD)
What's New
We have published the National Implementation Group's reports on Advocacy, Children's services and Day Services and they are availabe using the links below:
Having your say?report of the advocacy sub group andeasy read summary
Changing childhoods?report of the children's sub group andeasy read summary
Make my day!report of the day services sub group andeasy read summary
A seminar for Chief Executives and Directors of Nursing was held on 16 August 2006 to highlight how NHS Scotland can improve the quality of general hospital services for people with learning disabilities, following concerns raised by the death of Jimmy Mauchland in 2000. The report of the seminar has been issued.
A seminar was held on 6 October to consider assessment and treatment beds and models of service provision following long stay hospital closures. The seminar was designed to give people from across Scotland the opportunity to discuss current bed use, identify barriers to local developments, work towards an agreed definition of assessment and treatment provision, and consider developing models of services. The report of the event includes the key themes from the speakers and feedback from the discussions.
The SAY Statistical Bulletins for 2006,2005, 2004 and 2003 can be accessed here.
An evaluation of the work of Local Area Co-ordinators (LACs) has taken place and the report is available.
A list of other sources of information about learning disabilities are on the Useful Resources page.
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