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From December 2006, the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 (DDA) introduces a duty for public bodies to positively promote disability equality. This guide aims to assist front line hospital staff to improve the overall experience of disabled patients, their families and visitors and to make sure they play an active role in complying with the Disability Discrimination Act.
The Government is committed to improving the quality of care which the NHS delivers to children and young people with disabilities. Improvements are sought in the access to the mainstream services that they, in common with every other child, may need to use, and in the access to specialist services, which are especially important to children with the most severe disabilities and complex health needs.
Published October 2005
Supporting independence, self-care and choice will provide the driving force behind the development and delivery of care services over the next decade. The research projects highlighted in this report indicate the potential for assistive technology (AT) to play its part in achieving these aims. All were funded by the Government or the European Union and commenced or reported final results in 2004-2005.
Published October 2005
This Framework identifies key priority areas for partnership working between DH and DRC and sets out joint action which will be taken to deliver real improvements for disabled people as users and providers of health and social care services and the wider disabled community. Our objective is to improve the rights, independence, choice and inclusion of disabled people through ongoing development of the health and social care system. We will review and revise this Framework regularly, to take advantage of new opportunities which arise.
Published June 2004
The NHS and local authority social care and education services are there to support all parents in helping their children to fulfil these ambitions. This document describes for parents just how these services aim to improve the lives and health of children and their parents. We hope it will assist parents in knowing what services are available for them and how staff in the different services will strive to support them and to provide the very best treatment for all children including those who are not well or are disabled
Published September 2004
The Code of Practice provides guidance and information for those working with or caring for those who cannot make decisions for themselves, or who have a limited capacity to do so without assistance. It sets out good practice in caring for those in need and covers an extensive range of different roles, circumstances and decisions that might need to be taken.
The consultation paper invites comments on style and content from all interested parties on the draft Code of Practice. It provides questions on each of the 15 chapters so that responses may be tailored to areas of interest, as well as an overall question that provides for more general comments.
Launch date 9 March 2006 - Closing Date 2 June 2006
The Government wrote an important report about our plans for people with a learning disability in 2001. This was called Valuing People.
Since then, the Government has written a report every year saying what we have done and what we will do next to make the things in Valuing People happen. The Government has to give Parliament a report on learning disability each year.
This is our third report since Valuing People. In this report you can read what the Government has done for people with a learning disability in 2004. It also tells you what we plan to do next.
Published November 2005
