Issue - meetings

RESOLVED:

1.    That Cabinet endorse the new strategy for people with physical disability and/or sensory impairment.

2.    That Cabinet agrees to establishing a Disability Partnership Board which will be co-led by people with lived experience of physical disabilities and sensory impairments and will oversee the development of the different work streams needed to achieve the strategy and strategy action plan.

Reasons for Decisions:

The recommendations have been made to ensure that together with our system partners we improve outcomes, services, and support for people in Surrey with a wide range of physical disabilities and/or sensory impairments.

(The decisions on this item can be called-in by the Adults and Health Select Committee)

The report was introduced by the Cabinet Member for Adults and Health who explained that the new strategy would help support a shared understanding of the needs and the barriers that residents with a physical disability and a sensory impairment share. The strategy would focus the action of all the partners across the Surrey system who will need to work together to make the changes we need to see. A Disability Partnership Board which will be co-led by people with lived experience of physical disabilities and sensory impairments would be set up and will involve and consult local communities, the NHS and district and borough councils. The strategy would ensure nobody being left behind, an ambition of the council. The Cabinet Member thanked officers for producing the strategy and working tirelessly to support service users. The Cabinet Member for Children and Families thanked staff for producing the strategy and consulting various partners in its production. The Leader commented that he was pleased to see that people with lived experience would be involved with the Disability Partnership Board.

RESOLVED:

1.    That Cabinet endorse the new strategy for people with physical disability and/or sensory impairment.

2.    That Cabinet agrees to establishing a Disability Partnership Board which will be co-led by people with lived experience of physical disabilities and sensory impairments and will oversee the development of the different work streams needed to achieve the strategy and strategy action plan.

Reasons for Decisions:

The recommendations have been made to ensure that together with our system partners we improve outcomes, services, and support for people in Surrey with a wide range of physical disabilities and/or sensory impairments.

(The decisions on this item can be called-in by the Adults and Health Select Committee)