National audit of services for people with learning disabilities - Board assurance tool

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National audit of services for people with learning disabilities Board assurance tool Question Answer 1a) How do you make sure that your services for people with learning disabilities meet the provisions of relevant legislation? This includes the Human Rights Act 1998, the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. 1b) What evidence do you consider as a board to ensure you comply with legislation? 2a) How do you make sure that your services for people with learning disabilities meet the principles of Valuing People? The four principles of Valuing People are: rights, choice, inclusion and independence 2b) What evidence do you consider as a board to ensure that services provided by your organisation are in line with these principles? 3a) Please tell us your budget for 2006/2007: services for people with learning disabilities for 2006/2007 and also your planned budget for 2007/2008. 2007/2008: 3b) Do you plan to provide more or less services for people with learning disabilities in the next financial year? Please tell us what these changes will be. 4) Please provide us with a copy of Please write the filename of the structure chart here: your organisational structure chart for services for people with learning disabilities. This should show lines of accountability from services provided to people with learning disabilities, to a board ...

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• Langue: English

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National audit of services for people with learning disabilities Board assurance tool 1a) How do you make sure that your services for people with learning disabilities meet the provisions of relevant legislation? This includes the Human Rights Act 1998, the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. 1b) What evidence do you consider as a board to ensure you comply with legislation? 2a) How do you make sure that your services for people with learning disabilities meet the principles of Valuing People? The four principles of Valuing People are: rights, choice, inclusion and independence 2b) What evidence do you consider as a board to ensure that services provided by your organisation are in line with these principles?

3a) Please tell us your budget for services for people with learning disabilities for 2006/2007 and also your planned budget for 2007/2008.

2006/2007: 2007/2008:

3b) Do you plan to provide more or less services for people with learning disabilities in the next financial year? Please tell us what these changes will be.

4) Please provide us with a copy of your organisational structure chart for services for people with learning disabilities. Thisshould show lines of accountability from services provided to people with learning disabilities, to a board level representative. Please attach the structure chart and this board assurance tool to the same email when you send them to us.

Please write the filename of the structure chart here:

5) Please describe the committee structure for the clinical governance of services for people with learning disabilities. Please highlight how the views of people with learning disabilities and family carers are heard within this structure.

6) What information about services for people with learning disabilities was presented to the last board meeting? This could include information on complaints, incidents, bed occupancy, staffing information and financial information.

7a) What do you do internally to make sure that services for people with learning disabilities are providing safe, good quality care? Please describe the process and how you monitor the outcomes.

7b) How do you involve other external organisations to make sure that services for people with learning disabilities are providing safe, good quality care? Please describe the process and how you monitor the outcomes.

8) How do you make sure that your organisation complies withNo Secretsguidance on developing and implementing multiagency policies and procedures to protect vulnerable adults from abuse? Please describe the process and how you monitor the outcomes. No Secretsis a Department of Health and Home Office publication in 2000.

9) What links do the board or senior managers have with other organisations? For example, local partnership board or local authority.

10) What mechanisms do you have in place to ensure that you hear the voices of the following groups of people: •people with learning disabilities and their family and carers •staff providing care to people with learning disabilities •independent advocates working with people with learning disabilities Please describe the process and how you monitor the outcomes.

11) Does your strategy for learning disabilities talk about and aim to meet the needs of young people? Please describe how this is included in the strategy. 12) How do you make sure that your organisation meets the standards referred to in the Government guidelinesWorking Together to Safeguard Children? 13) How is your service working to meet the standards referred to in the National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services? The standards that apply are: •standard four about growing up •standard eight about disabled people