SEND Reforms How Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group and Shropshire Community Health Trust are working to implement the SEND Reforms

Who’s who… Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group  Responsible for commissioning the majority of health services in Shropshire  Lisa Wells, Commissioning and Redesign Lead for Women and Children’s Services Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust  Deliver community services such as occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) etc Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust  Deliver acute services – Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and Princess Royal Hospital

Legislation and guidance  Children and Families Act 2014  (Draft) Code of Practice  NHS Mandate  New responsibilities for health services  Identification, assessment, service provision and commissioning for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities between the ages of 0 – 25

Vision  Improved outcomes for children and young people  Education, Health and Care Plans  Better communication between health, social care and education  Joint commissioning of services  Better understanding of local needs through EHCPs and Joint Strategic Needs Assessment  Personal Budgets  Local Offer  Clear roles, responsibilities and decision making  Involvement and engagement of children, young people and their families

What we are doing…  Involved at a strategic level – SEN & Disabled Children & Young People 0-25 Strategic Board  Representation from health in all working groups including EHCP pathway and planning group and the Local Offer group  Exploring options for Joint Commissioning and Personal Health Budgets  Briefings for senior management within the CCG  Staff briefings within the Community Trust  Briefing to staff at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital  Monthly 1:1s with PACC  Information to be circulated to GPs via monthly newsletters  Involvement in PACC Conferences and Parent Partnership Service events

How you can get involved…  Need your input into how the Reforms will work locally  Examples of where things work well and where they don’t work so well so we can learn from them  Tells us what information you need about health services to shape the local offer and future commissioning