Learning Disability Partnership Board
Minutes
Meeting on 15 May 2015,1pm – 4.30pm
Committee Room 1, Barnet House.
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Anthony Nicholson / Carer Representative
Betzalel Lifschitz / Service User
Caroline Glover / Joint Commissioning Unit
Chhaya Saha / Carer Representative
George Christodolou / Carer Representative
Gill Fosler / Volunteer, BCIL
Guilia Capitelli / Service User
Hanna Lifschitz / Carer
Kevan Hall / Service User Rep
Karina Vidler / Joint Commissioning Unit
Lizzie Reeder / LD Parliament
Mike Roberts / Joint Commissioning Unit
Mahmuda Minhaz / People’s Choice (LDPB Co-chair)
Maria Nash / Carer Representative
Perpetua Kamwendo / Joint Commissioning Unit
Phillip Rackham / Service User
Ray Booth / Chair of the Carer’s Subgroup
Richard Harris / Chair of the Speaking Up Subgroup
Sarah Lally / Learning Disabilities Service
Shilpa Shah / Peoples Choice
Selina Rodriguez / Healthwatch Barnet
Sue Tomlin / Joint Commissioning Unit
Tom Locke / Barnet Carers Centre
Apologies
Bernice Davis / Chair of the Housing Subgroup and Voluntary Sector Representative (Business Meeting only)
Hadassla Kesslar / Kisharon
Karen Morrell / Head of Integrated Care: Learning Disabilities and Mental Health (LDPB Co-chair)
Linda Edwards / The Larches
Rhoda Fynn / Carer Representative
Sandy Littman / Carer Representative
Shelley Gibbons / Co-Chair of Day Opportunities and Community Inclusion Subgroup
1.
/ Welcome, Apologies and Introductions
Sue Tomlin welcomed everyone to the meeting.
Hannah told everyone about the people who had apologised that they couldn’t be there today.
Everyone was advised that there was a card and a collection for Molly Rayment who had now retired and it was at the back of the room for people to sign.
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/ Workshop:No Voice Unheard No right ignored
Sue Tomlin, Joint Commissioning Unit introduced a new paper from the department of health.
Sue showed everyone a video of a service user explaining what the paper is about.
The government is looking at how to make sure something like Winterbourne View does not happen again and wants to know how they can make people’s rights stronger and how they can make people more involved in the care they received.
Sue told the board that in Barnet there are still people living away but we are looking at how people can be sorted to move back.
All the members then broke into a workshop with the 3 themes:
1. My right to be independent, part of a community and living at a home I have chosen
2. My right to be listened to, to challenge decisions and to advocacy
3. My right to a personal budget and for the NHS and the Council to work together
Facilitators helped the group discuss what was important to them so that a response could be generated on behalf of the Learning Disabilities Partnership Board.
See Appendix 1 for details
BUSINESS MEETING
2.
/ Homecare Support and Enablement
Allison Thomas, Project manager introduced what homecare is, and that the council are looking at how we can make homecare better in the future.
Alison told everyone that they can get involved in a group and tell her what the issues are and help the council find ways to make things better.
  • Members of the board highlighted that:
  • Homecare needs to be focussed
  • Homecare professionals need to be aware of specific needs people with learning disabilities may have
  • There needs to be more time for people with Learning Disabilities to learn to do new things.
Alison explained that how they would like things to be in the future and they would like to no longer have homecare that is agreed by time but that support is given to achive tasks instead.
If anyone would like to be part of the group contact Allison and she would be happy to speak to you
020 8359 4784

1.
/ Autism Action Plan Update
Perpetua Kamwendo, Joint commissioning unit updated the members of the board on the work of the action plan.
A steering group has been set up which as well as professionals will include one service user representative and one carer representative.
There will be different groups called task and finish groups that will look at different issues to do with the action plan and they will report back to the steering group.
The steering group will meet on 18th June
Perpetua told everyone what the next pieces of work would be and these included:
•Autism Innovation Fund: IPAD Project
•Autism Capital Grant Funding: Money to help people to stay in their own homes
•Support with getting jobs
•Support, Information and Advice
•Plans to work with services in the Criminal Justice System
•Continuing work in Action Plan
7.
/ Review of actions from draft minutes
The minutes from the last meeting were agreed
8.
/ Any other business
There will be an epilepsy awareness meeting on 20th April and on the third week of each month. Contact Liz Reeder for more information
There will be Hustings on 27th March at St Pauls Centre, Long Lane in Finchley which will be an opportunity to find out more about the elections.

/ Next meeting:
Friday 15th May
12:30 -4pm
Committee Room 1, Barnet House

LDPB Actions Log

Date Agreed / Action Number / What LDPB has agreed to do / Who will do this action
09th December 2014 / 1 / Karen to find out if the change in Benefits from DLA to PIP will have any impact on the Fairer Charging Policy. / Karen Morrell
16th September 2014 / Gary Johnson to provide an easy read briefing on the ILF changes to LDPB / Hannah Ufland
Date Agreed / Action Number / What LDPB has done.
(All these actions have been done.) / Who has done this action

Appendix 1

No Voice Unheard, No Right Ignored Workshop

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