Question from Community Care: Learning disability partnership boards: are service users really insiders?

Learning disability partnership boards: are service users really insiders?

by Carol Riddington

Apart from attending learning disability partnership boards, what other ways can people with learning difficulties contribute to the development of services? (GUIDE TIME FOR DISCUSSION: 20 minutes)

* How far should central government policies influence local learning difficulty priorities? (20 minutes)

* If learning disability partnership boards become responsible for commissioning services, what guidance needs to be put in place to ensure their decisions are made in partnership with family carers and people with a learning difficulty? (30 minutes)