From
January 2011 there will be a new North Yorkshire Learning Disabilities
Partnership Board continuing the work previously carried out by the
four previous Partnership Boards.
This will replace the Scarborough, Whitby & Rydale Learning Disabilty Partnership Board.
This page has all the links to the original minutes and agendas for the Scarborough, Whitby & Rydale Learning Disabilty Partnership Board and its task groups.
Minutes for the North Yorkshire Learning Disabilties Partnership Board will be available from the North Yorkshire County Council's website. To visit the County Council's Partnership Board Page click here
Please click here to read these minutes.
The
Department of
Health have published ‘Valuing People Now’.
This paper says what the Government thinks should happen
for people with
a learning disability for the next three years.
The Key
messages
in Valuing People Now:
People with
learning disabilities should have the same rights and choices as
everyone else.
People with
learning disabilities have the right to be treated with dignity and
respect.
People with
learning disabilities should have the same chances and responsibilities
as
everyone else.
Family carers
and
families of people with learning disabilities have the right to the
same hopes
and choices as other families
Contact
the
Department of Health for copies of the Report.
Department of
Health
Tel: 0300
12310002
Email:
dh@prolog.uk.com
Website: www.dh.gov.uk/Publications
Downloads:
Valuing
People Now
Valuing
people Now - Easy Read version
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