Briefings

Are you receiving annual health checks regularly?  This is your entitlement and GPs in Hampshire are being trained to recognise their responsibility and what is expected of them. The service is a bit variable but the Lyndhurst Practice has been Read More

Day services are currently ‘being reviewed’.  As we already know, Fernmount has closed and it seems that Hounsdown in Totton will also close in the not too distant future.  The trend is for outsourcing day service opportunities to charities and Read More

We heard from Becky Beecham from Ways Into Work which is a social enterprise company aiming to get people into paid employment.  Referral is currently via care managers (which will have to be reviewed in light of the changes mentioned Read More

At a meeting with the Head of Hampshire’s Learning Disability department we learned of some forthcoming changes on how users and carers access services as from 1st April 2017. Due to cuts in spending the present direct care manager system Read More