Partnership in Practice Agreement - Dundee City Council
Partnership in Practice Agreement - Dundee City Council
Partnership in Practice Agreement - Dundee City Council
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THEME<br />
Keep<strong>in</strong>g Healthy<br />
OBJECTIVE ACTIONS<br />
Keep<strong>in</strong>g Healthy<br />
Be<strong>in</strong>g Safe<br />
40 PARTNERSHIP IN PRACTICE 2007-2010<br />
Promote good health for<br />
people who have a learn<strong>in</strong>g<br />
disability<br />
Improve access to Health<br />
Care for people with a<br />
learn<strong>in</strong>g disability<br />
Adults with a learn<strong>in</strong>g<br />
disability offered<br />
<strong>in</strong>creased protection from<br />
exploitation and harm<br />
• develop the provision<br />
of health promotion<br />
materials and staff<br />
tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g on health issues<br />
<strong>in</strong> accessible formats and<br />
languages<br />
• provide annual health<br />
checks<br />
• look at ways to promote<br />
healthy liv<strong>in</strong>g for people<br />
<strong>in</strong> socially excluded<br />
groups<br />
• cont<strong>in</strong>ue to work with<br />
hospital staff to improve<br />
provision and <strong>in</strong>formation<br />
• <strong>in</strong>vestigate options for<br />
develop<strong>in</strong>g hand held<br />
records<br />
• look at how to better<br />
engage with GP’s as<br />
partners <strong>in</strong> deliver<strong>in</strong>g<br />
health care to people<br />
with a learn<strong>in</strong>g disability<br />
• implement the Adult<br />
Support and Protection<br />
Act and establish Adult<br />
Protection Committee<br />
• cont<strong>in</strong>ue to develop<br />
tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g for staff and<br />
other stakeholders<br />
• work with adults with a<br />
learn<strong>in</strong>g disability on ways<br />
they can keep themselves<br />
safe