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October 2010 . . .

Getting a Life - 5 October 2010
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The networks aims are to ensure that ethnicity issues are shared discussed and acted upon to ensure fair, appropriate services for everyone. One of the major barriers that stops people with learning disabilities from having real choice and control over their lives is the way that different Local services, planning and funding happens. Some times this is because of local decision making and
sometimes it is because of national policies that don’t fit together well. We need to be more focused on employment support and day service change fitting together in a way that helps people have more control over their daily lives. The network aims to support people involved with the planning, provision of day opportunities to think about what progress has been made, what the priorities are for the future, to share and learn about good practice across the North West and to plan what actions need to be supporting.

Making Valuing People Now Happen for Everyone - 11 October 2010
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This important regional event will give delegates the chance to discover how the policies that will steer learning disability work for the next two years can be made to improve services for people from Black and ethnic minority communities. Valuing People Now acknowledges that this group of people still have largely unmet needs, saying, “……..people with learning disabilities from black and minority ethnic groups and newly arrived communities and their families often face what is called ‘double discrimination’. They experience insufficient and inappropriate services” The National Advisory Group for Learning Disability and Ethnicity is Working closely with the Office of the National Director and has recognised the importance of the regions in developing and delivering best outcomes for people from BME communities.

	An Easy Read version document of questions and answers about Swine Flu is now available to download.
	The department of Health has published "Service for adults with autistic spectrum conditions (ASC), Good practice advice for primary care trust and local authority commissioners". To download a copy click on the title.
	Details about Learning Disability Today to be held in Manchester on 14th July 2009 can be found at http://www.pavpub.com/pavpub/microsites/LDTJuly2009/ or by ringing Pavillion on 0844 880 5061
	The Governement documents - Health Action Planning and Health Facilitation for people with learning disabilities: good practice guidance and the easy read version of the same document, can be downloaded here.
	The Health & Learning Disabilities Network March 2009 Newsletter and the Good Practice in Health document are available to download.
	"Valuing people now: a new three-year strategy for people with learning disabilities" to download the strategy document and related documents click here
	The following documents related to Equal Impact Assessments have been added to the Ethnicity & Cultural Diversity page : Race Relations Equality & Diversity Toolkit (Powerpoint Presentation) What is Diversity (Powerpoint Presentation) A Brief Introduction to Impact Assessment (Powerpoint Presentation) Case Study (Word Document)
	The following documents related the the HEALTH & LEARNING DISABILITIES NETWORK have been added to the Health page: HEALTH & LEARNING DISABILITIES NETWORK NEWSLETTER (September 2008) A flyer for an event to be run by Debra Moore Associates "From Policy to Practice - A Workshop in Manchester to consider and support the role and function of specialist learning disability services" A flyer for events to be run by HARM-ED "WORKING WITH SELF-HARM, 23rd October 2008, Burnley and HARM-MINIMISATION FOR SELF-HARM November 19th 2008, Burnley"
	"Making our Partnership Board Work" - A practical guide for Learning Disability Partnership Boards that was commissioned by the NW Regional Taskforce and supported by a number of organisations including the NWTDT, Valuing People Support Team and the ADASS To Download the front cover (1.5Mmb PDF format)click here To Download the full report (11.5mb PDF format) click here To order the original document please contact the NWTDT office on 01254 306850 for details
	A number of documents related to "Healthcare for All" have been added to the Health page: Healthcare for All - Report of the Independent INQUIRY into access to healthcare for people with learning disabilities Press release for the Heathcare for All report Mencap response to Healthcare for All
	Recent documents relating to Adult Protection and Abuse, including reports connected to the Murder of Steven Hoskin have been added to the Health page.
	Documents and Information referenced in the April 2008 North West Health Network Newsletter can be downloaded from the Health page, including the following events -
	Documents and Information referenced in the January 2008 North West Health Network Newsletter can be downloaded from the Health page.
	Documents and Events Information from the November North West Health Network meeting and Newsletter can be downloaded from the Health page. Including details of two free events - In Control of My Body - Postural Care Experiences from the UK (17th December 2007) and Children and young people with learning disabilities and complex health needs (26th February 2008).
	The Department of Health have just release the Valuing Now consultation document = "Valuing People Now sets out the next steps for the Valuing People policy and its delivery. It describes the direction of travel and delivery priorities for the next three years. The aim is to support people with learning disabilities to live an ordinary life in the community alongside their fellow citizens as described by human rights legislation and the Disability Discrimination Act. To help achieve this, Valuing People Now sets out policies and actions aimed at making sure that people get real choice and control over the services and support they need and that mainstream public services become more inclusive of people with learning disabilities." The closing date for the consultation is 11th March 2008 The following documents are available for download - To Download Valuing people now - consultation document (PDF, 1304K) To Download Valuing people now - easier to read version (PDF, 5087K) To Download Valuing people now questionnaire (RTF, 134K)
	The Health Care Commission has released - A life like no other - A national audit of specialist inpatient healthcare services for people with learning difficulties in England To download the full version click here To download the Easy Read version click here
	The Depoartment of Health has released the best practice guidance to improve oral health in disabled children and adults. This document builds on the principles within Choosing Better Oral Health and uses the evidence-based approach within Delivering Better Oral Health as a guide to assist all who provide and commission dental services for people with disabilities.
	Via the North West Health Network, a large number of best practice examples and documentation in Learning Disability Nursing from across the North West region is now available to read and download via the NORTH WEST - Good Practices in Learning Disability Nursing webpages . These documents have be group under 11 section heading to allow you to find the relevent documents easily.
	The following documents from the 6th June NW Health Network meeting are now available for download: Good Practice in Learning Disability Nursing Workshop - Issues & Suggestions. Key issues for Learning Disability nursing? - Presentation slides
	The Spring 2007 edition of the team Newsletter, NW Together, is available to download or contact the 01254 306850 for a printed copy.
	The NWTDT brochure is now available for download, or or contact the 01254 306850 for a printed copy.
	Documents mentioned in the Ethnicity & Cultural Diversity email newsletter are now available on the Ethnicity & Cultural Diversity section of the website. These include: a Gujarati & Urdu translation of the Listen to me workbook, the Diversity Matters event flyer and the Cultural & Spiritual Diversity Day flyer If you are interested in attending the Ethnicity & Cultural Diversity network or recieving the email newsletter please contact Nabela Rahim or Phil Palmer (added Sept 2006)
	The Breaking the Cycle - Regional Health & Social Care Leads feedback from Cheshire & Merseyside document along with some additional presentations have been added to the Breaking the Cycle page (added July 2006)
	Phoebe Caldwell has just issued a guide to using Intensive Interaction to get in touch in with non-verbal children and adults who have severe learning difficulties and/or autism called "SPEAK TO ME!". It is availavable for download along with a handbook for families and carers called "Can we talk? - Getting in Touch with People with Severe Learning Disabilities who have little or no Speech – and whose disability is linked to Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD)" on the publications page. (added May 2006)
	Breaking the Cycle consultation Last year the Chair of the Regional Task Force commissioned a piece of work on behalf of the North West in order to support us looking together at how we commission secure services on behalf of adults with a learning disability across the Region. Information about this project, Breaking the Cycle, has been added to the site - please click here. This includes: The full report document An easy read version of the report More information about the consultation and how to get involved Presentation given to the Regional Taskforce in March 2006 (added Mar 2006)
	A new paper "Using person centred approaches to Health Action Plan" has been added to the Health section of the website - Health action planning is intended to be part of the person centred planning process. This paper describes what we are learning about developing Health Action Plans (HAPs) as an integral part of a person centred plans. (added Mar 2006)
	Presentations and information from the September NW Ethnicity & Cultural Diversity Network have been added to the Ethnicity page. (added Sept 2005)

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