Learning Disabilities

Do you provide advocacy for adults with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities?

If so you have probably already seen the report written by Jim Mansell, 'Raising our sights: services for people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities'.  You can click here to see a copy.

The Department of Health has responded to the report which makes the following specific reference to advocacy:

Recommendation 3 from the Jim Mansell report: Local health and social care commissioners should commission the development of independent advocacy arrangements suitable to represent the interests of adults with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities. They should include funding for continued advocacy in the package of self-directed services for adults with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities.

Government Response:

The Government agrees that local commissioners should look to commission such services to meet locally identified needs; in this, JSNAs will have a key role to play.

In its Vision for Adult Social Care, Capable Communities and Active Citizens the Government says that ‘councils should focus on improving the range, quality and accessibility of information, advice and advocacy available for all people in their communities – regardless of how their care is paid for – to support their social care choices.’

Click here to see the full Government response to the report 

For further information about learning disabilities, click here