The Healthcare Commission
The Healthcare Commission, which is dedicated to promoting improvements in the quality of heathcare and public health in England, produced a report in 2007 that called for sweeping changes in the services that individuals with learning difficulties receive. This report placed a number of expectations on the local Partnership Boards. Bury's Learning Disability Partnership Board have these actions to address.
A summary of that report can be found here. Alternatively, you can access the full Healthcare Commission report and the easy reasd version of this report on the following links:
Bury People First - Valuing People Now
Actions for the Partnership Board to address
Valuing People Now - Consultation Feedback
Additional Information
Click here for a form ('Dear Doctor') that can be completed prior to attending a doctors appointment to aid in communication between doctor and patient
For a list of what people like and dislike about services they receive (such as visits to the doctor, dentist or hospital), and advice on how to make these visits more enjoyable please click here
Learning disability Local Authority day services
The learning disability service has a range of day services including:
- Whittle Pike Day Centre, Ramsbottem. A day centre that offers a variety of activities according to individual need.
- Wheatfields Day Centre, Whitefield. Has places for 20 individuals with complex needs and 40 individuals with moderate needs.
- William Kemp Heaton Day Centre, St. Peters Road Bury. Has 22 places for individuals with complex needs and 38 places for individuals with moderate needs.
- Outreach service, is a dispersed day service based in community situations across the borough.
Access to the day services is via the day service panel through a social worker. Please click here for contact details
