To enable people with learning disabilities to take up their right to public involvement the
process must be meaningful. Rosemary Gray and Lucie McAnespie describe how, by using …

Securing meaningful involvement in service development and provision can be seen as a
particular challenge for people with learning difficulties. The National Health Service & …

Accessible summary• Government policy talks about how important it is that people who use
services get a say in what happens. People with learning disabilities don't always get as …

HealtH and social care is becoming increasingly client-centred and individualised. Building
on the 'citizens' agenda'(Commission of the european Communities 2007), community …

The prime goal facing health and social care agencies in the learning disability field is to
focus upon the unique needs of each individual and flexibly deploy services from a range of …

It is now time for people with learning disabilities to become fully involved in community care
planning at all levels. This paper highlights some possible reasons (and excuses!) why …

Accessible summary• This paper describes how guidance about good practice for
commissioning services for people with learning disabilities was developed in Scotland.• …

This thesis examines why community care policies for adults with learning disabilities have
proved so hard to implement in a sustained, equitable manner, and explores the apparent …

Abstract Interviews Rob Greig, director of the national implementation support team, on
strategy for people with learning disabilities. Three elements of valuing people; Involvement …

The participation of service users in the planning and delivery of disability services is an
unequivocal ideal in many countries. However, making the shift from espoused ideals of …