Transforming Care:
Changing the way care
happens for people with
learning disabilities and
autism who display
behaviour that challenges
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Who we are and what we do
We are the CCGs in Norfolk and Norfolk
County Council. We plan and pay for
health and social care services in Norfolk.
Norfolk, Great Yarmouth and Waveney
has formed a Transforming Care
partnership in Norfolk. A partnership is
when different groups and people join
together.
We want to change the way health and
care services for adults, young people and
children with learning disabilities and
autism happen.
Some people with autism and learning
disabilities find it hard to communicate
and make friends. They might also have
mental health problems.
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Our plan
We have brought the Transforming Care
partnership group together to make sure
health and social care is run well in
Norfolk, Great Yarmouth and Waveney.
We have made a plan with the group to
make some changes to the way people
with learning disabilities and autism get
care and support.
The plan will happen over the next 3 years
– from 2016 until 2019.
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Here are some of the people and groups
in the partnership working on the plan
People with learning disabilities, their
families and carers
Norfolk County Council and CCGs in
Norfolk
Services who run healthcare and
support for people with learning
disabilities
Groups who care for people with
learning disabilities
NHS England and local government
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Other people who decide about
healthcare for people with learning
disabilities
What the plan is about
Making better care plans for people
with learning disabilities.
Giving people with learning
disabilities more choice in how they
get help and support.
Having a plan means that people with
learning disabilities and autism can get
better care and support closer to home.
For example, it means they can get care
in the community where they live, instead
of being in hospital.
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Some people might still need to be in
hospital but we think it is better if people
can also get care at home or in the
community where they live.
Our plan says how
We are working towards keeping
more hospital beds free for people
who need them.
Services will change so that people
with learning disabilities and their
families get the care and support they
need in the community.
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We want people with learning disabilities
to
Get the right care in the right place
– we want them to be able to speak
out if they want to leave hospital and
get care closer to where they live
Get the best care possible – we will
make regular checks that care
services are looking after people in
the best way
We will make sure that
Services who fail people with learning
disabilities have to say why.
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We have the best staff and train them
to know more about how to care for
people with learning disabilities and
mental health problems.
We collect more information about
people with learning disabilities so we
know more about what they need.
Making the plan work
We have done a lot of work this year to
make changes to healthcare, but there is
more to do.
We are setting up a strong group to take
charge of this work. This group will meet
once a month to check that what is in the
plan happens.
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We will ask other groups and services to
make sure they think our plan is working
well too.
These groups will be made up of different
people who know a lot about caring for
people with learning disabilities and
autism.
We are working with NHS England to
make sure our plan works well and the
changes to health and social care happen.
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