Joint Commissioning Strategy for Adults with a Learning Disability 2019 to 2024
The Vale of Glamorgan Council, Cardiff Council and Cardiff and Vale University Health Board will be joining partner agencies, individuals and carers, at the launch of the Joint Commissioning Strategy for Adults with a Learning Disability 2019-2024 on June 18.
Working together with people with a learning disability, their families, carers and the third and independent sector, Cardiff Council, The Vale of Glamorgan Council and Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, have developed their first Joint Commissioning Strategy for Adults with a Learning Disability.
The Strategy provides a clear direction for the planning and delivery of adult learning disability services across the region over the next five years and it outlines key issues that will be addressed in the forthcoming years in order to deliver effective, safe and good-quality services. This includes ensuring there is sufficient capacity and an appropriate range of provision to meet local need.
The shared vision and core principles central to the Strategy are that people with a learning disability are supported to have: ‘a good quality of life and to live the lives they want to lead; living locally where they feel good and well, where they are valued and included in their communities and have equal access to appropriate support that ensures independence, choice and control.’
Rooted in co-production and partnership, the Joint Commissioning Strategy for Adults with a Learning Disability, outlines a commitment to working with people with a learning disability in developing services, with a focus on eight priority areas identified through consultation and engagement with individuals, carers, families and partner agencies.
Cllr Susan Elsmore, Chair of the Regional Partnership Board and Cardiff Council Cabinet Member for Social Care, Health & Well-being said: “This is a bold and ambitious plan that will see all three organisations working together to make a real difference to the lives of adults with learning disabilities in Cardiff and the Vale."
Cllr Ben Gray, Vale of Glamorgan Council Cabinet Member for Social Care and Health, said: “By ‘promoting independence and improving lives’, we will support people to live the lives they choose, with access to high quality, flexible health and social care and support when they need it.”
Fiona Jenkins, Executive Director for Therapies and Health Science at Cardiff and Vale UHB, said: “We’re very proud to have developed this strategy in conjunction with our two local authorities. It is directly in line with the health board’s vision that a person’s chance of leading a healthy life should be the same wherever they live and whoever they are.
Together with our local authority partners, this strategy will ensure we are taking steps in the right direction to improve lives.”
Cllr Ben Gray, Vale of Glamorgan Council Cabinet Member for Social Care and Health, said: “By ‘promoting independence and improving lives’, we will support people to live the lives they choose, with access to high quality, flexible health and social care and support when they need it.”
Cllr Susan Elsmore, Chair of the Regional Partnership Board and Cardiff Council Cabinet Member for Social Care, Health & Well-being said: “This is a bold and ambitious plan that will see all three organisations working together to make a real difference to the lives of adults with learning disabilities in Cardiff and the Vale."
Fiona Jenkins, Executive Director for Therapies and Health Science at Cardiff and Vale UHB, said: “We’re very proud to have developed this strategy in conjunction with our two local authorities. It is directly in line with the health board’s vision that a person’s chance of leading a healthy life should be the same wherever they live and whoever they are. Together with our local authority partners, this strategy will ensure we are taking steps in the right direction to improve lives.”