Partnership in Practice Agreement - Dundee City Council
Partnership in Practice Agreement - Dundee City Council Partnership in Practice Agreement - Dundee City Council
What improvements do we plan to make over the next three years? • we will establish a Being Healthy sub group to take the work forward • we will develop the integrated team • we will promote good health among people with learning disabilities and their carers through the provision of health promotion materials in various formats, training, healthy eating and exercise • we will provide for annual health checks for people with learning disabilities • we will improve information about services in plain language and accessible format • we will promote equality of opportunity and diversity in health provision. What do you think about hospital services? • the way in which hospital and community health services work for people with learning disabilities has improved in recent years. The ‘All About Me’ document has proved to be excellent for use in hospitals • while people value the way many doctors, nurses and health professionals listen to and communicate with people who have learning disabilities and their carers, there is still scope for much improvement by some professionals and health services • carers sometimes find that much more support is needed than is available to attend clinics, in-patient services and with emergencies • there are particular issues with PMLD service users and also with communication or behaviour problems. There needs to be more training for hospital nurses regarding people with complex needs. The support now provided by the specialist liaison nurse at local hospitals is good but this needs to be developed and more widely advertised. PARTNERSHIP IN PRACTICE 2007-2010 21 7
7 What improvements do we plan to make over the next three years? • we will continue to work with hospital staff to improve the service provided for people with learning disabilities • we will promote the need for more training for health service workers to assist with people with PLMD when they have to attend hospital • we will re-evaluate the potential for developing ‘hand held records’ and ‘health passports’ within the context of a development in information and communication technology which have taken place since the proposals were first considered. 22 PARTNERSHIP IN PRACTICE 2007-2010
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- Page 3 and 4: The partners to this agreement are:
- Page 5 and 6: Introduction This is the third Part
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What improvements do we plan to make over the next three<br />
years?<br />
• we will cont<strong>in</strong>ue to work with hospital staff to improve the service provided<br />
for people with learn<strong>in</strong>g disabilities<br />
• we will promote the need for more tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g for health service workers to<br />
assist with people with PLMD when they have to attend hospital<br />
• we will re-evaluate the potential for develop<strong>in</strong>g ‘hand held records’ and<br />
‘health passports’ with<strong>in</strong> the context of a development <strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>formation and<br />
communication technology which have taken place s<strong>in</strong>ce the proposals were<br />
first considered.<br />
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