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Transforming Care

The Transforming Care Approach

Transforming Care is a national programme led by NHS England and supported by partners in Education and Social Care.  Transforming Care is all about improving health and care services so that more people with learning disabilities and/or autism can live in the community, with the right support, close to home and have the same opportunities as anyone else

The programme of work will ensure that families are:

  • getting the support they need to live long and healthy lives
  • being treated with dignity and respect
  • having a home within their community
  • being able to develop and maintain relationships and
  • getting the support they need to have a healthy, safe and fulfilling life. 

New ways of working are being established to help families get the right help at the right time.  One example of this is a greater focus on the Care Co-ordination role to help families access and understand the offers of support available to them across health and social care systems. More details about the programme are set out here;

NHS England - Learning disabilities

Education, Health and Care Plans

Health, education and social care systems are working hard to share pathways and processes that work together and are easier to understand.  An Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP) will help families work with professionals based on an assessment of individual need.  More details about EHCPs are here;

Children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)

Dynamic Support Liverpool - please click on the link Dynamic Support Liverpool

Care Education and Treatment Reviews (CETR)

Where children or young people are at risk of a mental health hospital admission a Care Education and Treatment Review (CETR) may be called by the family or professional.  When a CETR is called this means that the family and professionals all get together to review the needs and requirements of the young person and decide on the best next steps by working together.  A clinical expert and an 'expert by experience' (usually a person from another area who has had similar experiences with their own family member) will be present to help plan with fresh eyes. Here is a tool to help planning and understanding of the process;

My Care and Treatment Review

The full toolkit on CETRs is available on the NHS England website here;

CETR Full Toolkit 

Annual Health Checks

All people with a learning disability aged 14 and above are entitled to an annual health check. This is usually with the GP or practice nurse.

The annual health check is important because it can help identify any health problems before they get worse, and help adults and young people to receive the care that they need. The Health Check also includes a health plan which will give information on how to stay healthy and make recommendations for other referrals if they are needed.

The annual health check is recommended in the SEND Code of Practice guide for health professionals which can be viewed here:

Health Professional Guide to the SEND Code of Practice

NHS England are working to make sure that more people are receiving a health check. If you think you or someone you know should have an annual health check, you can contact your GP surgery to arrange one.

More details about Annual Health Checks can be found here:

MENCAP - Annual Health Checks 

STOMP (Stop Over Medicating People with a Learning Disability and/or Autism)

NHS England is leading a campaign to help people understand more about medication for people with learning disabilities. A report in July 2015 found that many people with a learning disability and/ or Autism are being given strong medication when they don’t really need it.

These medicines are called ‘psychotropics’. Some people are prescribed this medication to try to manage behaviours that challenge. The medication can be very useful for treating mental illness such as psychosis or depression.  However there is no evidence that the medicines help stop ‘challenging behaviour’.

It is important that you don’t stop taking medicines without speaking to your doctor first.

If you are worried about medicines for yourself or someone that you know, you should talk to the person who prescribed them to you and ask for a medication review. This could be your GP, Specialist Doctor, pharmacist or nurse prescriber.

More information about STOMP can be found here:

NHS England STOMP

Who to contact

Website
https://www.england.nhs.uk/learning-disabilities/

Where to go

Name
Cunard Building - Office Base
Address
Liverpool Place 2nd Floor
Water Street
Postal Address: Cheshire & Merseyside ICB, No. 1 Lakeside, 920 Centre Park Square, Warrington, WA11QY
Liverpool
Merseyside
Postcode
L3 1DS

Time / Date Details

When is it on
9am - 5pm Monday to Friday

Other Details

Local Offer

Local Offer Age Bands
Young Adults (16 to 25)
Primary (5 to 11)
Secondary (11 to 16)
Early Years (0 to 5)
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