Learning Disabilities Partnership Board
(Extract from Rochdale Learning Disabilities Partnership Board
Agreement)
Who is involved:
The Board shall be constituted as follows:
- Executive Members
- Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council: (RMBC)
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- The Cabinet Member for Health and Social Care
- The Head of Adult Care
- Executive Director (Resources)
- The Head of Strategic Housing Service (Supporting People)
Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Primary Care Trust: (HMRPCT)
- The Executive Director of Delivery
- The Director of Finance and Economic Reform
- Non-Executive member from the Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale
PCT Board
- The Associate Director of Contracting and Market
Management
Non-Executive Members (without voting rights):
- Fourteen persons identified by the Executive, to ensure that
there is wide representation from users, carers, independent
agencies, Connexions, Education, Supporting People, Leisure,
Employment and minority communities. Non-executive members of the
Board shall serve for two years before becoming subject to
re-nomination or replacement
Aims of the Partnership:
The agreed aims for people with learning disabilities and their
families and carers are:
- To develop effective and integrated commissioning of health,
social care and strategic housing support services
- To improve the range and mix of services
- To improve the take-up of primary care and general health
services
- To improve support
- To improve satisfaction
- To ensure the provision of information
- To distribute resources equitably
- To ensure that services are efficient and economical and offer
“best value”
- To set and monitor quality standards of service providers
- To set local performance indicators and monitor to national
standards to provide a benchmark for continuous improvement.
The outcomes of the arrangements should be:
- People with learning disabilities and carers are able to make a
real contribution to the planning and delivery of services
- Equitable and culturally responsive provision of services
- Reduced usage of out of area placement
- Improved life skills, independence and healthy lifestyles for
people
- People have access to local competent services
- People have greater choice
- There is a smooth transition from children to adult
services
- Appropriate housing and support to enable inclusion in the
community.