Issue - meetings

Background:

This report provided details of the Medway Joint Adult Learning Disability Strategy 2019 - 2024 which had been co-designed with a range of stakeholders including people with learning disabilities and their families and carers. It set out the vision for reducing inequalities and improving outcomes for people with learning disabilities in Medway. The Strategy directly highlighted existing inequalities and detailed how, through the ten priorities, people with learning disabilities would be supported to live the life they chose, with the support they needed in their local community.

The report stated that outcomes would be achieved through delivery of the ten priorities, effective management, strengthened commissioning and continued partnership with stakeholders in co-designing delivery plans.

The report had been considered by the Health and Adult Social Care Overview and Scrutiny Committee on 15 October 2019 and the Health and Wellbeing Board on 5 November 2019 and the comments of these Committees were set out in section 5 and 6 of the report respectively.

The report also provided details of a Diversity Impact Assessment which had been undertaken on the Strategy, as set out in Appendix B to the report.

Reasons:

Approval of the Strategy will ensure that needs of people with learning disabilities sit at the heart of all the Council does and will set the direction for addressing inequalities and improving outcomes.