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Jim Mansell Tizard Centre, University of Kent, UK The new Centre-Right coalition government in the United Kingdom intends to take aggressive action to reduce a £163bn budget deficit. The Chief Secretary to the Treasury is reported as saying âwe are moving from an age of plenty to an age of austerity in the public financesâ (Parker & Giles, 2010). What might this mean for services for people with learning disabilities? The first of the four main central government initiatives to improve services for people with learning disabilities in England â the closure of NHS campus services â is almost complete. Failing to fund the last moves for people living in these services would not save much money and would disfigure a major policy achievement. The second and third initiatives â Valuing People Now (DH, 2009b) and Valuing Employment Now (DH, 2009a) â are time-limited programmes. Valuing People Now is funded only until the Spring of 2011, and Valuing Employment Now for another year beyond that. For Valuing People the main priority is to deliver the aspirations set out in policy a decade ago. In a political climate favouring less central government, implementation might be seen as the responsibility
Tizard Learning Disability Review – Pier Professional
Published: Jul 1, 2010
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