Report on Transforming Your Care - Health Inequalities and Learning Disability

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The Committee for Health, Social Services and Public Safety has identified the implementation of Transforming Your Care as one ofits strategic priorities for 2013- 2014.

The Committee has determined to undertake this piece of work by focusing on a number of programmes of care. The first programme of care which the Committee has examined is learning disability. The TYC Strategic Implementation Plan states that one of the key objectivesof the entire TYC future service model is the reduction of health inequality.

The Committee previously carried out a review on health inequalities which was published in January 2013. In order to build on that work, the Committee agreed to consider the issue of health inequalities in the context of learning disability. Given that the TYC Strategic Implementation Plan sets out the future service model for learning disability, the Committee decided to examine that service model, in terms of how effective it might be in tackling the health inequalities experienced by people with a learning disability.

In undertaking this piece of work the Committee took evidence from departmental officials on the Department’s current and planned approach for reducing the health inequalities experienced by people with a learning disability. It also commissioned a research paper on the relevant issues from Assembly Research Services. In addition, the Committee held a stakeholder event in order to obtain the views of representatives from learning disability charities, families and carers, and people themselves who have a learning disability. The Committee has agreed a set of findings and recommendations based on the evidence it has gathered. These can be found in the Committee's report here.

The Committee intends to bring a motion to the Assembly inorder to highlight the issues.

Download the full report here.