The problem is that many people with learning disabilities are not registered to vote. They may get turned away from the polling station if they don’t register by Monday 22nd May.

Easy Read Online have produced a downloadable easy read guide to registering to vote – download it here: http://bit.ly/2oD9qBV

This is animation No 4 in a series of what are intended to serve as powerful reminders of what needs to change. The piece is set to a self-penned narrative which has been recited by a four amazing dudes. The voice at the start of the piece is Connor Sparrowhawk, taken from footage of him filming buses in Oxford.

This guidance is for clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and NHS England. It supports staff to involve patients and the public in their work in a meaningful way to improve services, including giving clear advice on the legal duty to involve.

The guidance links to an extensive range of resources, good practice and advice that will support staff to involve patients and the public. It highlights key participation principles, alongside themes such as working in partnership with others, including with ‘seldom heard’ groups to maximise the benefits and impact of involvement.

This guidance sets out 10 key actions for CCGs and NHS England on how to embed involvement in their work.

https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ppp-guidance.pdf

A new report outlines how health and social care providers must collaborate with users of services when designing apps, websites and other digital technologies.

The publication, from VODG in partnership with the National Care Forum, Co-producing technology: harnessing digital solutions for social care, recommends how providers can maximise the benefits of such new approaches.

Digital solutions are at the heart of the NHS Five Year Forward View and the Local Government Association’s vision for technology underlines how information and technology will transform the delivery of health and social care services. Yet there has been little focus on how people supported by social care are actively included in designing such digital developments.

The publication sets out key recommendations to redress this imbalance, including:

• user engagement must be at the heart of designing successful solutions – it supports ownership and take up of the final product
• technology is not an add-on, but integral to how providers improve the support and inclusion of people they work with
• organisations do not need to be technologically advanced to create digital solutions
• if organisations jointly design and deliver shared approaches, there are potential savings to be realised through collective purchasing power.

The report also includes detailed descriptions of best practice.

More, and download the report: www.vodg.org.uk/news/care-providers-must-involve-people-they-support-in-designing-new-digital-solutions/

The LeDeR programme has been awarded funding from the University of Bristol to support a series of workshops in June and July 2017 focusing on monitoring the impact of mortality reviews of people with learning disabilities.

Save the date:
Wednesday 5th and Thursday 6th July: Workshops in the South
“We will post more information on the website in due course.”

http://www.bristol.ac.uk/sps/leder/news/workshops-on-the-impact-of-mortality-reviews.html