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Digitising Care: Personalised solutions for people with learning disabilities

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How using digital tools and solutions affects personalised care for people with learning disabilities

OxFSN joined forces with Learning Disability England and Brighton and Hove Speak Up to help NHS England understand how using digital solutions (eg online meetings and appointments with medical professionals) will affect the care people with learning disabilities get. The Personalised Care Group at NHS England wanted to know how digital tools and solutions for personalised care can be inclusive and meet the accessibility requirements of people with learning disabilities.

At OxFSN we know as family carers that our family members whether children or adults need support – usually ours as parents – to get medical help.  Any changes in how that happened will affect our lives as family carers – for better or worse.

Three reports are available here:

  1. OxFSN – with family carers views
  2. Brighton and Hove Speak Up – with the views of people with learning disabilities
  3. Learning Disability England’s final report which included everyone’s views and was presented to the Personalised Care Group

Better Together 2019 Event Report

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OxFSN’s second Better Together Event was held on the 7th November 2019 at Didcot Civic Hall.

It was attended by 52 Professionals from Health, Social Care, Education and the voluntary sector along with 42 family carers of children or adults with learning disabilities and/or autism. 3 adults with learning disabilities and their supporters also attended.

The event followed the format of a ‘World Café’. This year there were eight tables with one topic on each table. This was as a result of feedback from people attending the previous year’s event who felt they needed more time to discuss fewer topics.

Follow the link or click on the image to read the full report.

Better Together Event Report November 2019

To read previous Better Together Event Reports follow the link to:

Better Together Events Previous Year(s) Reports

Co-Production Oxfordshire

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What co-production is

Co-production means working together as equals and making best use of our resources and strengths to find ways of doing things that benefit our community.

For more information see Oxfordshire County Council’s website:

https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/residents/co-production

See, Co-production Oxfordshire’s Working Together Handbook:

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Embolden Project: Evaluation Report August 2019

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In July 2016, Oxfordshire Family Support Network (OxFSN) began a three-year project, Embolden, to support, advocate for and empower older family carers aged 60+ years who care for a family member with a learning disability.

This report is dedicated to the 215 family carers who brought Embolden to life.

Follow the link to read the full report – Embolden Project Evaluation Report August 2019, or, click on the image below:

Better Together Event Reports

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OxFSN’s Better Together event was held on the 8th of November 2018 at the Kassam Stadium in Oxford and attended by 117 people.

53 professionals from Health, Social Care, Education and the voluntary sector attended along with 60 family carers of children or adults with learning disabilities and/or autism and seven people with learning disabilities and their supporters.

Follow the links to read reports:

Better Together Event Report and accompanying Better Together Event ‘You Said : We Did’ Feedback Report

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