1. Giving New Energy to Valuing People
Rob Greig and Nicola Smith
National Directors:
Learning Disabilities
June 2007

2. ‘Refreshing’ Valuing People
People Tell us the Valuing People Policy is Still Right
BUT
It’s Getting More Difficult to Make Progress
Money is tight
Mainstream services are not listening
People are not sure what the ‘big priorities’ are
Valuing People is six years old and some managers think they can ignore it

3. ‘Refreshing’ Valuing People
So we want to give new life to Valuing People by ‘Refreshing’ it.
The Valuing People policy won’t change
We will learn from what has worked so far – and what has not worked
It will be based on what you and others have told us about how things are going.
We will set new priorities for the next 3-5 years
This work will be done by the autumn.

4. What Should The ‘Refresh’ Focus On?
You Tell Us it’s About Being a Person and Having a Life
Being listened to
Having a paid job and money
Having my own place to live
Being healthy
Positive relationships (including sex)
Being safe
Being able to get about to do things

5. The Minister Wants to Focus on 3 or 4 Big Things
This is so we can really make progress on the most important things.
Here are our first thoughts on what those 3 or 4 things should be.
Having control over your lives and services (Individual Budgets, In Control, Direct Payments)
What you do during the day – paid work, education and changing day services for the better
Being healthy – getting the NHS to do its job better
Making it happen including making (some) Partnership Boards work better.
POLICY
DOCUMENT

6. What Do You Think The Valuing People ‘Refresh’ Should Have as its Big Issues?