Valuing People Now

Valuing People Now is the Government’s new strategy (big plan) for people with learning disabilities.

Valuing People Now explains what the Government thinks should happen to make things better for people with learning disabilities.

Valuing People Now explains what the Government will do and what it expects different services to do.

It says that:

• People with learning disabilities should have the same rights and choices as everybody else.
• People with learning disabilities have the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
• People with learning disabilities should have the same chances and responsibilities as everybody else.
• Family carers and families of people with learning disabilities have the right to the same hopes and choices as other families.

For more information, see the links to the Valuing People Now documents.

The North Tyneside Learning Disability Partnership Board completed an Annual Report about their work, which was sent to the Valuing People Regional Programme Board. The Regional Board took information from North Tyneside, and the other eleven local authority areas in the North East, to develop a Regional Plan which was sent to the Department of Health.

For a copy of the full report, click here.

For a copy of the easy read summary report, click here.

Other plans / information that the Learning Disability Partnership Board have published in 2010 include the Joint Learning Disability Commissioning Strategy and the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment for people with learning disabilities.

For a copy of the Joint Commissioning Strategy for people with learning disabilities, click here.

For a copy of the Easy Read Joint Commissioning Strategy for people with learning disabilities, click here.

For a copy of the Easy Read Full Joint Strategic Needs Assessment, click here.

For a copy of Joint Strategic Needs Assessment section for people with learning disabilities, click here.