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Please scroll down the page to find out about news and events that are happening across Leicestershire
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Click on the links to find out about what is happening in your local area.
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Click here to go to news and events in Charnwood
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Click here to go to news and events in Melton
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Click here to go to news and events in Wigston, Oadby and Blaby
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Click here to go to news and events in Hinckley and Bosworth
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Click here to go to news and events in North West Leicestershire
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Click here to go to news and events in Harborough
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HealthWatch
HealthWatch is the new name for organisations that help people speak up about health and social care.
This is their latest newsletter.
It tells you about the work to set up HealthWatch and how you can get involved.
To see the newsletter please click here HealthWatch Newsletter
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Big society roadshows around Leicestershire - click here for more information.
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CRB Checks
Phil, one of the Carer representatives at the Board, got some information about changes to CRB checks (the way services check if staff and people who have applied for jobs have been caught breaking the law).
He wanted to make sure that everyone knows about the changes.
Phil said "As a member of the Carers group I was very worried to learn about the changes planned by the Government, to CRB Checks.
I would suggest to Carers that they log onto the website,
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Digital Switchover
The way television works is changing.
It is happening all over the country.
The changes for the East Midlands are happening soon.
For some parts of Leicestershire it has happened already.
There is help for some older and disabled people to make sure they can carry on getting television programmes.
The Government have made an easy words booklet to explain about the changes. It includes information about the help available.
Please click here - Digital Switchover - to see the booklet.
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Annual Report 2011
We have written our Annual Report for the 12 months from April 2010 and March 2011.
There is lots of information in the report.
The 3 main sections are Health, Housing and Employment.
To see the report, please click Annual Report 2011
This is the page signed by the Co Chairs of the Partnership Board and representatives of the self advocates and the parents and carers. Please click signature page
This is the presentation we had at the Partnership Board, to explain what we had found out when we wrote the report. Please click here Annual Report presentation
This is a simple report to say what were the main things we found out by doing the Annual Report. It includes a lot of the same information as the presentation for the Partnership Board. Please click here Annual Report summary
We sent the report to the Learning Disabilities Observatory.
All the Partnership Boards have been asked to send their reports to the Observatory.
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Making the Partnership Board as good as it can be
At the April Partnership Board meeting we voted on some ideas to help make the Board as good as it can be.
The ideas included changing how often the Board meets and the way we run the meetings.
We also voted on a role description for Board representatives. A role description is a list of the things a good Board representative will do.
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We agreed that the Board will meet every 2 months.
We decided who we need at every meeting.
We decided to ask the big organisations how they will work with the Board.
We agreed the role description for Board representatives.
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To see the list of things we voted on click here
To see the results of the voting click here
To see the role description for Board representatives click here
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Keeping Safe
There is an easy read booklet and leaflet about how the police and social care staff work to keep you safe. This has been devleoped as a resource for staff.
Click here to see Abuse:what we can do to keep you safe booklet
Click here to see Abuse:what we can do to keep you safe leaflet
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Keeping safe - an interactive CD
The CD was the idea of members of the North West Leicestershire Locality Group. The cd works on your computer and reads out the easy words and uses photographs to tell you how to keep safe
The CD covers
- fire safety
- being safe in your home
- being safe when you out and about
To get a free copy call Jane Bromley on 0116 30 57993
or email jane.bromley@leics.gov.uk
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Travel Information Website.
We have added a link to a website with good information about travelling. The information is mostly about airports.
The website is not easy read, the information is aimed at parents and carers and staff.
The link is on the Useful Websites pages.
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Communication for people with complex needs
Mencap have new guidelines on communicating with people with complex needs click here to go to the website to find out more.
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Learning Disability Acute Liaison Team
There is now a Learning Disability Acute Liaison Team. There are 3 people working within the University Hospitals of Leicester.
The aim of the team is to work in Partnership with our colleagues within the University Hospitals of Leicester to support the delivery of Healthcare to people with learning disabilities.
If you want to find out more then please click here.
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National Health Service White Paper
This is a short version of the plan for the National Health Service.
This is a very important document for the future of the Health Service.
If you would like to read the easy to understand plan then please
click here.
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Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS)
The National Health Service has lots of different services and sometime people will need help when they use these services.
If you need someone to help you, you can contact the Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS). If you would like more information then please click here.
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Changing Places Toilets
These are toilets that have room and facilities to provide full personal care for people with complex learning disabilities and physical disabilities. These toilets also include and hoist and a changing bed.
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To find out where these Changing Places Toilets are located please click here.
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