Valuing People Now, the government strategy for improving support services for people with learning disabilities to help them live normal lives, is available on the Department of Health website.
The three year strategy, published in January this year, outlines what needs to be done to promote equality for people with learning disabilities and give them more choice and control over their lives.
It builds on the Valuing People policy introduced in 2001.
Valuing People Now sets out the next stage for adapting services to help people with learning disabilities live in the community alongside their fellow citizens,and falls within the wider transforming social care agenda.
Priorities for action are:
· Inclusion – for individuals with more complex needs, black and minority ethnic groups and people with autistic spectrum conditions
· Personalisation – achieving significant increases in direct payments and the number of people able to commission their own services
· Healthcare – recommendations for improvement are published in Healthcare for All
· Housing – ensuring all mainstream housing policies are inclusive
· Employment – the Government has published
Valuing Employment Now, its strategy for getting people with learning disabilities into paid employment of at least 16 hours a week
· Living in the community – ensuring sufficient support and provision across areas including advice, advocacy, transport; sport, leisure, safety; justice and redress.
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