Health Services: Learning Disability

(asked on 20th March 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the commitment made in <i>Transferring Care for People with Learning Disabilities - Next Steps</i>, published in January 2015, to establish a reconfiguration taskforce to support local leaders to reshape services in the north of England, what progress they have made in this regard.


Answered by
Lord O'Shaughnessy Portrait
Lord O'Shaughnessy
This question was answered on 30th March 2017

Since January 2015 significant progress has been made against this commitment in the North of England.

Work was undertaken in in the summer of 2015 in designated ‘Fast Track’ areas, including in Lancashire, Greater Manchester and Cumbria and the North East region. Funding was provided to these areas to pilot the transformation of services in line with the new Building the Right Support (BRS) service model. Each Fast Track area focussed on the development of different services elements, but all demonstrated the local leadership and governance required to reshape services in these areas. To support this work, additional resources were provided for dedicated NHS regional teams in both the North and Midlands and East regions. Learning from this work in 2015 informed the broader roll-out of the BRS strategy from April 2016.

Transforming Care Partnerships (TCPs) were rolled out from April 2016 nationally, with 10 being developed in the North. In the past 12 months, each TCP has developed a leadership and governance structure, set out a transformation plan, and begun developing services as part of a three year programme of delivery. At the regional level, a North Transforming Care Board is attended by all relevant TCP Senior Responsible Officers, with senior representation from all partnership bodies including NHS England, the Local Government Association, voluntary sector partners as well as people with lived experience. This Board is key for assuring and challenging the planning and delivery undertaken by TCPs. It also provides an opportunity for shared learning and development.

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