Documents and Information referenced in the April 2008 North West Health Network Newsletter can be downloaded from the Health page, including the following events -
A series of related four health events are being held, these are bookable as a set or individually
Module One, 14th May 2008 -
Importance of Postural Care, Body Measurement and the Correct Wheelchair (John and Liz Goldsmith)
Guiding Skills Including Wheelchair Guiding (Mark Gray)
Module Two, 15th May 2008 -
Environmental Assessment “Access for vision” How to assess and modify an environment for lighting contrast & mobility for the visually disabled service user. (Mark Gray)
Visual impairment - social and developmental issues, including behaviour (Gill Levy)
Module Three, 15th October 2008 -
Importance of Health Action Planning and people with complex needs (Laura Summers).
Access to Health Care - putting vision into Health Action Plans, facilitating Visual Assessments,
An overview of types of testing used to assess people with learning difficulties & establishing Local Care pathways with the private & NHS sectors for supporting good eye care (Mark Gray)
Module Four - 16th October 2008 -
Supporting people with Learning Disabilities and Visual problems in maintaining and or developing
communication. How to maintain Communication with those who lose their sight and develop good communication practices with those who need to develop formal communication (Mark Gray)
Additionally, a number of other Heath events are planned -
17th /18th June 2008 (2 day event), SHIELD - Sexual Health Innovative Education for Learning Disabilities - training by Teresa Day
26th June 2008, Hearing impairment and learning disability - training by Laura Waite
10th July 2008, Epilepsy Awareness - training by Lynette Breton
"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 the full version click here
To download the Easy Read version click here
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
Paul worked for many years with the NWTDT and is well known across the Region (and wider), he will be sadly missed by a great many friends and colleagues.
Obviously our thoughts and prayers are with Paul’s children, family and close friends during this very difficult time.
Paul's funeral took place on Thursday 15th March 2007, at Blackley Crematorium, his family have requested that anyone wishing to make a donation should do so to Amnesty International.
Thank you for your continuing support.
Lynn James-Jenkinson
Charlie Barker
DIRECTOR Chair Regional Task Force/ Chair NWTDT Commissioning Group
Anne Williams
North West Training and Development Team Commissioning Group
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)
Information about the newly formed Greater Manchester Learning Disabilty Joint Training Partnership has been added. (added July 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)
The quarterly team update for the commissing group for discussion at the August 2006 meeting has been added to the commissioning page of the website
(added July 2006)
We are moving offices.
On the 24th April 2006 NWTDT will be moving offices, we are not going very far.
Our new address will be:
NWTDT
Suite 5
TMC Building
The Globe Centre
St James Square
Accrington
BB5 0RE
our telephone & fax number and the email addresses will remain the same for full contact info have a look on the contacts page. (added April 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)
Welcome to the new look website. The revamp is aimed at helping you -
- Easily find out about upcoming events / meetings via the scrolling diary dates
- Find out whats new on the site or with the NWTDT via this front page
- Access materials and documents related to Forums such as the Ethnicity Network.
If you are looking for information that was on the old site but appears to have disappeared have a look in the Archive section. (Aug 2005)