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Draft Briefing Document on Sir Jonathan Michael 'Healthcare for All' Report 1. Aim of the LCRPCT Response to the Report To ensure that the care pathway for children and adults with learning disabilities is clear, transparent and understood by all of those involved Championed by: Chief Executive Oversight of Action plan: Director of Market Development The Independent Inquiry, led by Sir Jonathan Michael ‘sought to identify the action needed to ensure adults and children with learning disabilities receive appropriate treatment in acute and primary healthcare in England’. The outcome of the report, which was published in July 2008, found that there was evidence of good practice, but also ‘appalling examples of discrimination, abuse and neglect across the range of health services’. LCR PCT will need as a matter of urgency to ensure that it is able to respond positively to the ten recommendations that are made within the report and this is totally in line with the vision of LCRPCT to “Lead Leicestershire and Rutland to become the healthiest place in the UK.” The action plan, once agreed, will be reviewed and monitored by the Equality and Human Rights Group Disability Compliance Group and through the Local LD Partnership Boards and Commissioning Board. This is a draft report, very much work in progress and we are seeking comments and inputs into it from stakeholders over the next two months. However, there are some actions contained within this report that as a PCT we need to do throughout this period we are seeking people’s views. The draft action plan has been reviewed by the Executive team and will feed into our commissioning intentions and into our strategic plan. Sir Johnathan Michael ‘Healthcare for All’ Report Version 6 – 23:09:08 / Steve Lowden - LCRPCT Page 1 of 17 2. What the Michael Report Found The Inquiry found convincing evidence that people with learning disabilities have higher levels of unmet need and receive less effective treatment, despite the fact that the Disability Discrimination Act and Mental Capacity Act set out a clear legal framework for the delivery of equal treatment. The report makes it clear that: “…People with learning disabilities are not visible or identifiable to health services, and hence the quality of their care is impossible to assess.” The research also found evidence that: People with learning disabilities find it much harder than other people to access assessment and treatment for general health problems that have nothing directly to do with their disability. There is insufficient attention given to making reasonable adjustments to support the delivery of equal treatment, as required by the Disability Discrimination Act. Adjustments are not always made to allow for communication problems, difficulty in understanding (cognitive impairment), or the anxieties and preferences of individuals concerning their treatment. Parents and carers of adults and children with learning disabilities often find their opinions and assessments ignored by healthcare professionals, even though they often have the best information about, and understanding of, the people they support. They struggle to be accepted as effective partners in care by those involved in providing general healthcare; their complaints are not heard; they are expected to do too much of the care that should be provided by the health system and are often required to provide care beyond their personal resources. Health service staff, particularly those working in general healthcare, have very limited knowledge about learning disability. They are unfamiliar with the legislative framework, and commonly fail to understand that a right to equal treatment does not mean treatment should be the same. The health needs, communication problems, and cognitive impairment characteristic of learning disability in particular are poorly understood. Staff are not familiar with what help they should provide or from whom to get expert advice. Partnership working and communication (between different agencies providing care, between services for different age groups, and across NHS primary, secondary and tertiary boundaries) is poor in relation to services for adults with learning disabilities. This problem is not restricted to services used by people with learning disabilities but particularly affects those who may not be able to communicate for themselves, or whose treatment needs careful planning and coordination because they have complex needs. Sir Johnathan Michael ‘Healthcare for All’ Report Version 6 – 23:09:08 / Steve Lowden - LCRPCT Page 2 of 17 The report uses the definition of ‘learning disability’ adopted by the Department of Health since 2001 and means: A significant reduced ability to understand new or complex information, to learn new skills (impaired intelligence) with A reduced ability to cope independently (impaired social functioning) which started before adulthood, with a lasting effect on development. 3. Actions Already taken The Michael’s Report signals a direction of travel that LCC and LCRPCT had already embarked upon and the PCT has already commissioned an enhanced service for people with learning disabilities. Leicestershire and Rutland already has in place an interim commissioning strategy for learning disability services 2006 – 2009. This provides an overall strategic direction for learning disability services commissioned by social services and the 4 County PCTs, now the LRCPCT. This strategy is based upon the vision and principles of valuing people and underpins its approach to commissioning activity with the principles agreed by the PCTs and the Local Authority. The aim of the partnership between health and social services is to ensure the strategic direction is towards integration of health and social care services for learning disabilities. It is anticipated that this partnership working will result in improved access to mainstream services for people with learning disabilities. Flexible use of available resources A seamless service for people with learning disabilities A single service with a single vision and culture A single set of policies governing, for example, access and eligibility to service Improved access, co-ordination of services and equity of response Provision of a person-centred service that is holistic in addressing both health and social care needs A good skills and knowledge base within an effectively planned workforce The LCRPCT and the Leicestershire County Council and Rutland County Council have already agreed to take a Joint Strategic Approach to; Joint Strategy Joint Commissioning plan Pooled Budget arrangements LCC, Rutland and County PCT– Local Authorities are lead commissioners Joint Performance framework Commissioning Board Learning Disability Partnership Board (the Leicestershire LDPB is not a joint board with Rutland). Leicestershire Together – partner organisations in Leicestershire, including PCT, LPT and District and Borough Councils - works to the Sustainable Community Strategy 2008 Sir Johnathan Michael ‘Healthcare for All’ Report Version 6 – 23:09:08 / Steve Lowden - LCRPCT Page 3 of 17 While estimates vary on the prevalence of learning disabilities in the UK the DH estimate that about 1.5 million people (2.5% population) have a learning disability. The prevalence of learning disability in the general population is expected to grow overall by 10% by 2020. 4. Leicestershire Learning Disability Register Leicestershire has a Learning Disability Register which is a joint venture between the University of Leicester and Leicestershire and Rutland Health Care NHS Trust, with support from Social Services. The Register was established in 1987 to provide an evidence-base for improving the health and quality of life of all people with learning disabilities and their carers. We currently hold information on approximately 3,400 adults with learning disabilities living in the city of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. The ultimate aim of the Register is the promotion and maintenance of health of people with learning disabilities and their carers. This is addressed by improving our understanding of the conditions involved and their impact on life and maximising the benefits of treatment and supporting services. The overall functions/aims of the Register are: 5. Planning and evaluation of services Public health and clinical research General support and information Health action planning Operational planning and administration Recent Research by Leicestershire and Rutland PCT Research in 20071 showed that the prevalence rate in Leicestershire and Rutland PCT by June 2007 was 3.5 per 1000 with a possible variation between 3.3 and 3.7 per 1000 (95% confidence intervals). The prevalence in Leicestershire and Rutland PCT decreased with age from 6.0 per 1000 (95%CI 5.5-6.5) among those aged 19-29 years old to 0.5 per 1000 (95% CI 0.2-0.7) among those 80+. The same trend was observed among both men and women. This decreasing rate possibly reflects the early mortality among people with learning disabilities, but also some forms of migration. For example, when they become adults they could move from the County into the City where perhaps there are more alternatives to accommodate them to live independently. Prevalence rates were significantly lower in the least deprived areas in the PCT, but there was no difference between the most and the middle deprived areas. There were no significant differences by ethnic group in this PCT. 1 Reyes-Beaman Sandra Learning disabilities in Leicester City and Sir Johnathan Michael ‘Healthcare for All’ Report Version 6 – 23:09:08 / Steve Lowden - LCRPCT Page 4 of 17 Leicestershire County and Rutland PCTs, 2007 Approximately 50 per cent of people with learning disabilities have profound or severe disability, 21 per cent has moderate, 23 per cent has mild and four per cent has borderline disability. Although they more or less have the same distribution, the proportion of people with severe or profound disabilities was significantly higher in Leicester City PCT (50 per cent vs. 54%). In this PCT the proportion of borderline and mild was higher in the most deprived areas, while proportions of those moderate and profound were higher among those living in least deprived areas (p<0.001). Severe and profound cases were significantly more frequent among non-white people in both PCTs (48 per cent among white people vs. 82 per cent among nonwhite people in Leicestershire and Rutland PCT and 47.7 per cent vs. 69.5 per cent respectively in Leicester City PCT) (p<0.0001). It is important to note that in 2007, the number of people registered as having a learning disability in GP practices in the PCT was compared with the number of people registered in the Learning Disabilities Register (LDR) and it was found an under-register of cases in GP practices that needed to be solved. Therefore, it seems that the LDR is still a more reliable source of information. Severity of the Disability by PCT PCT Severity of the Disability Leicestershire and Leicester City Rutland Borderline 4.9 2.9 Mild 23.6 22.6 Moderate 21.7 20.5 Profound 25.6 26.1 Total 4.0 23.1 21.1 25.8 The Michael Inquiry makes ten recommendations for change and while the Trust will need cognisance of all of the recommendations, a number of the recommendations, especially 6, 8 and 5 place responsibility on the Department of Health to action or direct. Sir Johnathan Michael ‘Healthcare for All’ Report Version 6 – 23:09:08 / Steve Lowden - LCRPCT Page 5 of 17 RECOMMENDATIONS Recommendation 1 Those with responsibility for the provision and regulation of undergraduate and postgraduate clinical training, must ensure that curricula include mandatory training in learning disabilities. It should be competence-based and involve people with learning disabilities and their carers in providing training. Recommendation 2 All healthcare organisations, including the Department of Health should ensure that they collect the data and information necessary to allow people with learning disability to be indentified by the health service and their pathways of care tracked. Recommendation 3 Family and other carers should be involved as a matter of course as partners in the provision of treatment and care, unless good reason is given, and Trust Boards should ensure that reasonable adjustments are made to enable them to do this effectively. This will include the provision of information, but may also involve practical support and service co-ordination. Recommendation 4 Primary care trusts should identify and assess the needs of people with learning disabilities and their carers as part of the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment. They should consult with the Local Strategic Partnership, their Learning Disability Partnership Boards and relevant voluntary user-led learning disability organisations and use the information to inform the development of Local Area Agreements. Recommendation 5 To raise awareness in the health service of the risk of premature avoidance death, and to promote sustainable good practice in local assessment, management and evaluation of services, the Department of Health should establish a learning disabilities Public Health Observatory. This should be supplemented by a time-limited Confidential Inquiry into premature deaths in people with learning disabilities to provide evidence for clinical and professional staff of the extent of the problem and guidance on prevention. Sir Johnathan Michael ‘Healthcare for All’ Report Version 6 – 23:09:08 / Steve Lowden - LCRPCT Page 6 of 17 Recommendation 6 The Department of Health should immediately amend Core Standards for Better Health, to include an explicit reference to the requirement to make ‘reasonable adjustments’ to the provision and delivery of services for vulnerable groups, in accordance with the disability equality legislation. The framework that is planned to replace these core standards in 2010 should also include a specific reference to this requirement. Recommendation 7 Inspectors and regulators of health service should develop and extend their monitoring of the standard of general health services provided for people with learning disabilities, in both the hospital sector and in the community where primary care providers are located. The aim is to support appropriate, reasonable adjustments to general health services for adults and children with learning disabilities and their families and to ensure compliance with and enforcement of all aspects of the Disability Discrimination Act. Healthcare regulators and inspectors (and the Care Quality Commission, once established) should strengthen their work in partnership with each other and with the Commission for Equality and Human Rights, the National Patient Safety Agency and Office for Disability Issues. Recommendation 8 The Department of Health should direct primary care trusts (PCTs) to secure general health services that make ‘reasonable adjustments’ for people with learning disabilities through a Directed Enhanced Service. In particular, the Department should direct PCTs to commission enhanced primary care services which include regular health checks provided by GP practices and improve data, communication and cross-boundary partnership working. This should include liaison staff who work with primary care services to improve the overall quality of health care for people with learning disabilities across the spectrum of care. Recommendation 9 Section 242 of the National Health Service Act 2006 requires NHS bodies to involve and consult patients and the public in the planning and development of services, and in decisions affecting the operation of services. All Trust Boards should ensure that the views and interests of people with learning disabilities and their carers are included. Recommendation 10 All Trust Boards should demonstrate in routine public reports that they have effective systems in place to deliver effective, ‘reasonably adjusted’ health services for those people who happen to have a learning disability. This ‘adjustment’ should include arrangements to provide advocacy for all those who need it, and arrangements to secure effective representation of PALS from all client groups including people with learning disabilities. Sir Johnathan Michael ‘Healthcare for All’ Report Version 6 – 23:09:08 / Steve Lowden - LCRPCT Page 7 of 17 LCRPCT DRAFT ACTION PLAN Action Required More effective essential LCR PCT Response leadership Date Responsibility is -Inform PCT staff of the report, the proposed September,2008 Catherine implementation work and seek comments Griffiths -Publish draft action plan and put on L &D September,2008 SL /Surinder Commissioning Board agenda for comment Perberdy -We will conduct an equality impact assessment of November, 2008 Umar Zamman the plan September, Laura Summers -We will consult with carers and people with learning 2008 on difficulties regarding the content of the action plan September, We will seek from our key providers a formal 2008 and statement asking them about the actions they intend on-going to take in response to the report ie UHL, LPT, Provider Arm. October,2008 -We will seek clarification from the Prison establishments in the locality about how they are going to respond to the Michaels Report. 2009/10 -Review contracts to ensure they are amended to reflect the requirement to make ‘reasonable adjustments’ to services to ensure they are accessible to people with learning disabilities. We will meet the requirements within the MCAs and reference provider to the DRC publication which illustrates how Sir Johnathan Michael ‘Healthcare for All’ Report Version 6 – 23:09:08 / Steve Lowden - LCRPCT Page 8 of 17 Commissioning team Steve Lowden Commissioning team reasonable adjustments could be made. TBC Link to service specifications within contract schedules. Service specification amendments required in: - Provider - East Midlands Ambulance Service - Mental health contracts December, 2008 -Run workshop with third sector providers, LCC, Mental health Trust and GPs to review draft action plan, amend and input Every four -Publish ‘refined’ action plan and provide Board with months an update every four months. March, 2010 Commissioning team Steve Lowden/ Laura Summers Deputy Director Marketing Development With LCC With Leicestershire County Council, Leicestershire partnership Trust and SHA provide new accommodation for 57 of the 78 campus residents with learning difficulties- subject to successful financial bid Recommendation 1 Those with responsibility for the provision and regulation of undergraduate and postgraduate clinical training, must ensure that curricula include mandatory training in learning disabilities. It should be competence-based and involve people with learning disabilities and their carers in providing training. LCRPCT will explore the training needs of provider TBC services, primary care services and other contracted providers to raise their awareness of delivering the Michaels Report. recommendations. Commissioning team We will explore the option to commission an advocacy December, 2008 Laura Summers group to be trained and then cascade the LD awareness training to PCT and provider staff as well as pre registration doctors? Sir Johnathan Michael ‘Healthcare for All’ Report Version 6 – 23:09:08 / Steve Lowden - LCRPCT Page 9 of 17 Recommendation 2 All healthcare organisations, including the Department of Health should ensure that they collect the data and information necessary to allow people with learning disability to be indentified by the health service and their pathways of care tracked We will review and align data and coding sources on learning disability and carers; and further review the data set that the PCT needs to meet its commitments. December, 2008 Simon Freeman LCRPCT will monitor the take up of the Annual Health check for learning disabilities by GPs Annually Laura Summers We will set up a ‘rolling programme’ for training GPs to deliver the Annual Health check October 2008- Laura Summers LCRPCT will review the Learning Disability Register with the Local Authority Annually Steve Lowden/ Simon Freeman Collect quarterly performance monitoring data for the SHA on learning disability: number of clients on NHS campus provision; registered number of LD patients; PCT population(GP based);number of LD patients as % of PCT population; number of registered LD patients that have had a health check in the last 12 months; number of primary care LD healthcare facilitators as a % of GP practices; number of secondary care LD patient advocates; number of acute beds in hosted trusts; number of secondary care advocates per 1000 beds. In our contract with Leicester Partnership Trust we Sir Johnathan Michael ‘Healthcare for All’ Report Version 6 – 23:09:08 / Steve Lowden - LCRPCT Page 10 of 17 Every months three Steve Lowden expect compliance with Health Care Commission Good Practice for in-patient care for people with learning difficulties. September,2008 Steve Lowden We will monitor the East Midlands Darzi review and the actions around care pathways for epilepsy, Every three Commissioning diabetes, respiratory disease and CHD and review our months with team LD practices accordingly. action plan Recommendation 3 Family and other carers should be involved as a matter of course as We will receive updates from the lead agencies on partners in the provision of treatment the implementation of this recommendation through and care, unless good reason is the normal monitoring route given, and Trust Boards should ensure that reasonable adjustments are made to enable them to do this effectively. This will include the provision of information, but may also involve practical support and service co-ordination. Sir Johnathan Michael ‘Healthcare for All’ Report Version 6 – 23:09:08 / Steve Lowden - LCRPCT Page 11 of 17 TBC Recommendation 4 LCRPCT ALREADY HAS IN PLACE AN INTERIM COMMISSIONING STRATEGY FOR LEARNING Primary care trusts should identify DISABILITY SERVICES 2006 – 2009. and assess the needs of people with learning disabilities and their carers The LCRPCT and the Leicestershire County Council as part of the Joint Strategic Needs and Rutland County Council have already agreed to Assessment. They should consult take a Joint Strategic Approach to: with the Local Strategic Partnership, their Learning Disability Partnership Pooled Budget arrangements LCC, Rutland and Boards and relevant voluntary userCounty PCT– Local Authorities are lead led learning disability organisations commissioners and use the information to inform the Joint Strategy development of Local Area Joint Commissioning plan Agreements. Joint Performance framework Commissioning Board Learning Disability Partnership Board Leicestershire Together – partner organisations in Leicestershire, including PCT, LPT and District and Borough Councils - works to the Sustainable Community Strategy 2008 Increased the numbers of people in settled accommodation Through Commissioning Board six times a year Recommendation 5 To raise awareness in the health service of the risk of premature avoidance death, and to promote sustainable good practice in local assessment, management and evaluation of services, the LCRPCT will actively communicate this initiative September 2008 Steve Lowden through its regular newsletters and briefings with staff onwards LCRPCT will review and amend the action plan in response to action Government takes to this TBC recommendation Sir Johnathan Michael ‘Healthcare for All’ Report Version 6 – 23:09:08 / Steve Lowden - LCRPCT Page 12 of 17 Steve Lowden Department of Health should establish a learning disabilities LCRPCT will contribute to requests for data from DH Public Health Observatory. This should be supplemented by a timelimited Confidential Inquiry into premature deaths in people with learning disabilities to provide evidence for clinical and professional staff of the extent of the problem and guidance on prevention. TBC Recommendation 7 . Inspectors and regulators of health service should develop and extend their monitoring of the standard of general health services provided for people with learning disabilities, in both the hospital sector and in the community where primary care providers are located. The aim is to support appropriate, reasonable adjustments to general health services for adults and children with learning disabilities and their families and to ensure compliance with and enforcement of all aspects of the Disability Discrimination Act. Healthcare regulators and inspectors (and the Care Quality LCRPCT will review and amend the action plan in response to action the Regulators take on this TBC recommendation. LCRPCT will set out a clear communication pathway with Regulators on LD October,2008 Sarah Cooke Steve Lowden Steve Lowden LCRPCT will work with the Learning Disability Health TBC facilitator(s) to progress this action plan Steve Lowden Primary Care Psychological therapy services contract TBC will meet the mental health needs of people with learning difficulties. Wal Holynski Sir Johnathan Michael ‘Healthcare for All’ Report Version 6 – 23:09:08 / Steve Lowden - LCRPCT Page 13 of 17 Commission, once established) The LCRPCT will link with www.easyhealth.org.uk September, should strengthen their work in which contains jargon free information and pictorial 2008 partnership with each other and with health information the Commission for Equality and Human Rights, the National Patient Safety Agency and Office for Disability Issues. Sue Cavill Recommendation 8 The Department of Health should direct primary care trusts (PCTs) to secure general health services that make ‘reasonable adjustments’ for people with learning disabilities through a Directed Enhanced Service. In particular, the Department should direct PCTs to commission enhanced primary care services which include regular health checks provided by GP practices and improve data, communication and cross-boundary partnership working. This should include liaison staff who work with primary care services to improve the overall quality of health care for people with learning disabilities across the spectrum of care. Confirm with the DH when they will action this September,2008 Catherine recommendation Griffiths Review contracts to ensure they are amended to reflect the requirement to make ‘reasonable April , 2009 adjustments’ to services to ensure they are accessible to people with learning disabilities Data and information systems will be reviewed across September, the board to enable LCRPCT and providers to identify 2008 people with learning disabilities. Commissioning team Steve Lowden Joint Strategic Needs Assessment will collate QOF On going data on learning disabilities A workshop on the Michaels Report will be run for February,2009 LCRPCT PALS to raise their awareness of the report and its implications. Sir Johnathan Michael ‘Healthcare for All’ Report Version 6 – 23:09:08 / Steve Lowden - LCRPCT Page 14 of 17 Laura Summers Working with Leicester City Council LCRPCT will pump prime 3 nursing posts to aid ‘reasonable adjustments’ and so help drive up outcomes through contracts Subject to Steve negotiations but Lowden/Surinder hopefully Perberdy November,2008 Adjust the SLA with NHS Trust provider to ensure TBC access for 18yrs plus and priorities training for primary care services for responding to meet the general health needs of young people with learning disabilities The Trust will meet DH guidelines for the transfer of 1st December responsibility for the commissioning of social care for initial response adults with a learning disability from the NHS to local government and transfer appropriate funding Sandra Webster /Steve Lowden/Surinder Perberdy We will review our own information and ensure that it December, 2008 Sue Cavill meets DDA requirements such as the PCT complaints leaflet, OOH service leaflets etc Sir Johnathan Michael ‘Healthcare for All’ Report Version 6 – 23:09:08 / Steve Lowden - LCRPCT Page 15 of 17 Recommendation 9 Section 242 of the National Health Service Act 2006 requires NHS bodies to involve and consult patients and the public in the planning and development of services, and in decisions affecting the operation of services. All Trust Boards should ensure that the views and interests of people with learning disabilities and their carers are included The Board will continue to offer support for anyone with a learning disability that wants to attend a Board meeting. In place The Trust will update its enhanced hearing loop in the Board room. December, 2008 Moosa Patel We will involve pwld and carers in the process of assessing ‘reasonable adjustments’ following appropriate training March 2009 LCRPCT will produce consultation documents that are fit for purpose for people with learning disabilities ie. ‘Our plans for Community Healthcare for the next 10 As Required th years- Tell us what you think’ 16 June to 5 October 2008 Sir Johnathan Michael ‘Healthcare for All’ Report Version 6 – 23:09:08 / Steve Lowden - LCRPCT Page 16 of 17 Moosa Patel Laura Summers/ Moosa Patel Sue Cavill Recommendation 10 All Trust Boards should demonstrate in routine public reports that they have effective systems in place to deliver effective, ‘reasonably adjusted’ health services for those people who happen to have a learning disability. This ‘adjustment’ should include arrangements to provide advocacy for all those who need it, and arrangements to secure effective representation of PALS from all client groups including people with learning disabilities. Through delivering the action plan and receiving updates of the plan every four months the Trust Updates to Moosa Patel Boards will demonstrate that they have effective, Board every four legal, `reasonably adjusted’ services in place. months We will seek out best practice and review our processes to see how we can engage and involve pwld/carers in the Trust Board. Sir Johnathan Michael ‘Healthcare for All’ Report Version 6 – 23:09:08 / Steve Lowden - LCRPCT Page 17 of 17 January, 2009 Steve Lowden/ Moosa Patel