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SDEF Newsletter No.3- March 2002 |
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Welcome
to this third edition of SDEF News, available free to all members and
associate members of SDEF. We
will keep you up to date on our own activities and relevant events and
publications in the field of disability.
If you would like your work publicised in future editions, or would
like to tell us about something new, please contact us at the address below.
Forum
Update
Another
busy few weeks at SDEF. We have
continued working on our membership directory - thank you for all your
comments. Paper copies are
being mailed out to members shortly and the details will also be available
on our website. Please let us
know if you would prefer the directory in a different format.
We
have also been firming up the programme for our next Members
Meeting on Friday 5th April in Perth.
Please sign up if you haven’t already done so - the event is free
and a travel bursary is available.
We
have responded to the Blue Badge consultation and are about to agree a
response to the DTI consultation on the Race and Work directives which were
mentioned in the last newsletter. Comments
from members are very welcome. Please
send us any thoughts on these or other issues.
Our
efforts are now turning to trying to create financial sustainability for
SDEF. Scottish Executive
funding comes to an end shortly with no word about the promised review of
government support for the disability sector.
We are continuing to look elsewhere for funding and developing
project proposals in line with the workplan agreed at our last members’
meeting. We will be looking at
future work at the next meeting in Perth.
Please come along, or input to our Secretariat.
Scottish Executive NewsRadical changes to
Special Needs system
Proposals
for radical changes to assessing and providing for children with special
educational needs were outlined by Education Minister Cathy Jamieson in
February. Further consultation
meetings are planned.
The
main features include:
Scottish
Executive Publications
"Direct
What?" - A Study Of Direct Payments To Mental Health Service
Research
Findings: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/cru/resfinds/hcc20-00.asp
Influencing
Mainstream Services
Lessons
from Working for Communities Pathfinders http://www.scotland.gov.uk/cru/kd01/blue/imss-00.asp
National
Planning Policy Guideline: NPPG 3 Revised 2002 - Planning for Housing
Consultation Draft http://www.scotland.gov.uk/consultations/planning/nppg3-00.asp
Planning
Advice Note PAN 38 Revised 2002 - Housing Land Consultation Draft
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/consultations/planning/pan38-00.asp
Putting
The Pieces In Place - Scotland's Health Improvement Fund
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library3/health/shif-00.asp
Building
Regulation Note 1/2002
The
Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care - CARE REGULATION IS CHANGING
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library3/health/scrc-00.asp
Planning
Together (Final report of the Scottish Integrated Workforce Planning Group
and Response by Scottish Executive Health department)
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library3/health/ptfr-00.asp
Effective
engagement: A guide to principles and practice of engagement in
health http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library3/health/apap.pdf
Public
attitudes to the healthcare of older people in Scotland - Research Finding
Public
Attitudes To The Healthcare Of Older People In Scotland
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/cru/kd01/red/path-00.asp
The
Right Medicine: A Strategy For Pharmaceutical Care In Scotland
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library3/health/pcis-00.asp
Consultations
Abolition
Of The Scottish Medical Practices Committee Consultation
Following
their review of Scottish public bodies last year Scottish Ministers
concluded that the Scottish Medical Practices Committee (SMPC) should be
abolished. This paper invites
views on how to abolish the SMPC, and on the subsequent transfer of the
SMPC's functions to PCTs/Island NHS Boards.
Respondents are also invited to give comments to assist with
legislation to bring about the changes, as it is proposed that the
provisions should be included in the soon-to-be introduced “Public
Appointments and Public Bodies (Scotland) Bill”.
Copies of the paper are available from the address below, or from http://www.scotland.gov.uk/consultations/health/asmpc-00.asp.
Views
should be submitted by 19 April 2002, and
sent to:
Jane
Martin
Directorate
of Human Resources
Floor
1 East Rear, St Andrew’s House
Regent
Road
EDINBURGH
EH1 3DG
Disability
Rights Commission News
A
variety of new DRC publications are listed below.
To find them, go to the web addresses listed or call the DRC helpline
on:
Or
write to them at:
"Countdown''
Starts For Shops And Services To Remove Barriers To Access:
New Code
For Disabled Rail Passengers:
Government
Proposals To Change The DDA:
Government To Issue Accessible Play And Leisure Guidance: The
government has promised to produce best practice guidance for the
Scottish
Civic Forum Event
ZERO
IN ON DISCRIMINATION
Equality
of opportunity is one of the key principles of the Scottish Parliament. The
Scotland Act commits the Scottish Parliament to “the prevention,
elimination or regulation of discrimination on grounds of sex or marital
status, on racial grounds, on grounds of disability, age, sexual
orientation, language, social origin, or of other personal attributes,
including beliefs or opinions, such as religious beliefs or political
opinions”.
On
Saturday 8 June, the spring plenary of the Civic Forum will look at the
issue of discrimination in Scotland and how to ensure that we have the
means, in civic society, of tackling discrimination and its causes.
The plenary will see the launch of an autonomous project within the
Civic Forum, called the Forum on Discrimination (FonD).
The
remit of this project will be to enable all organisations with an interest
in equal opportunity to work together to understand discrimination, to
‘equality proof’ legislation and to tackle issues relate to
discrimination. The day will include input from 7:84 theatre and workshops
on cross-cutting themes relevant to all groups experiencing discrimination -
poverty, mainstreaming, legal remedies and the role of the media.
The plenary will be held in Glasgow Caledonian University on Saturday 08 June, 10.30 - 16.00. For further details please contact the office (tel 0131 225 6789) or see their website www.civicforum.org.uk. |
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