... experience in developing commissioning. Findings Published documents such as MPS and joint strategic needs assessments do not give an encouraging picture of progress in commissioning with and for people with learning disabilities. Actual commissioning practice may or may not be stronger than...

... checklist scores for the 15 MPS assessed are shown in Table I . Sarah Broadhurst can be contacted at: sbroadhurst@brookes.ac.uk © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Learning disabilities Commissioning Local authorities Inclusive...

... Care programme in England. The objectives of this study were: James Colman Kerrigan can be contacted at: jkerrigan@nhs.net © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Learning disabilities Challenging behaviour Commissioning Change...

... Commissioning Cycle and experience of working with commissioners across the UK over the past 29 years. Findings Empowering commissioners to be transformational leaders and enabling them to secure good outcomes for people with learning disabilities will require broadening the responsibilities for creating...

... (councils, NHS bodies and others) work together to provide the conditions for success. Originality/value – Evidence is drawn together from a number of current sources. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Change management Personalization Learning disabilities Commissioning...

... other areas. Findings – The main barrier to personalisation was the volume of, and priority given to, safeguarding referrals by frontline commissioning social care workers. This reduced capacity for a proactive approach to support planning. Workers who participated in the project appreciated...

... and economic climate. Findings – The lack of a clear consensus about “prevention” in the learning disability sector and a failure to give sufficient time to effect cultural change that will help reduce dependency, allied to a set of system dynamics that militate against creative commissioning and the use...

... of services for people with learning disabilities. Learning disabilities Indirect intervention Multidisciplinary working Commissioning Outcomes Communication If the need for change has been established, then the role of the SLT needs to be addressed and clarified to ensure all parties have...

... repeating the process annually, thus allowing comparative analysis of progress, and identification of the factors that have helped to achieve that progress. The self‐assessment has strengthened commissioning and offered a foundation and rationale for service development. It has led to better local...