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SDEF
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Edition
3 - March 2002
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 News
Radical changes to
Special Needs system
19/02/2002
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:
- Plans
to replace the Record of Needs with a strengthened and more streamlined
staged intervention process, where a new, flexible Co-ordinated Support Plan
will be put in place for children with the most complex needs
- Improved
staged intervention processes using school-based support to provide for all
children with additional support needs, including those with behavioural
difficulties, children for whom English is an additional language, refugees
and asylum seekers and Gypsy/Traveller children. External agencies, such as
education authorities, social workers and health professionals will continue
to support children, parents and schools whenever necessary
- Local
authorities to provide more information for parents of children with
additional support needs, and to have mediation services in place which will
aim to resolve any disputes at an early stage
- Extended
rights of appeal for parents and children to allow them to challenge the
level of provision proposed. And a less bureaucratic appeals system, with an
independent, expert Tribunal being set up to make the appeals process less
daunting and quicker for parents and young people
Scottish
Executive Publications
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"Direct
What?" - A Study Of Direct Payments To Mental Health Service
Users (28/02/02)
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/cru/kd01/maroon/asod-00.asp
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
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National
Planning Policy Guideline: NPPG 3 Revised 2002 - Planning for Housing
Consultation Draft �http://www.scotland.gov.uk/consultations/planning/nppg3-00.asp
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Planning
Advice Note PAN 38 Revised 2002 - Housing Land Consultation Draft
�http://www.scotland.gov.uk/consultations/planning/pan38-00.asp
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Putting
The Pieces In Place - Scotland's Health Improvement Fund
�http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library3/health/shif-00.asp
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Building
Regulation Note 1/2002
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/build_regs/brn12-00.asp
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The
Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care - CARE REGULATION IS CHANGING http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library3/health/scrc-00.asp
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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�
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Effective
engagement: A guide to principles and practice of engagement in
health http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library3/health/apap.pdf�����
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Public
attitudes to the healthcare of older people in Scotland - Research Findings http://www.scotland.gov.uk/cru/resfinds/hcc16-00.asp
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Public
Attitudes To The Healthcare Of Older People In Scotland
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/cru/kd01/red/path-00.asp�
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The
Right Medicine: A Strategy For Pharmaceutical Care In Scotland
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library3/health/pcis-00.asp���
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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.
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Views
should be submitted by 19 April 2002, �and sent to:
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Jane
Martin
Directorate
of Human Resources
Floor
1 East Rear, St Andrew�s House
Regent
Road
EDINBURGH�
EH1 3DG������
[email protected]����������������������
tel 0131 244 1805
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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:
Telephone
08457 622 633
Fax 08457 778 878
Textphone 08457 622 644
Or
write to them at:
DRC
Helpline
Freepost MID 02164
Stratford-upon-Avon
CV37 9BR
"Countdown'' Starts For Shops
And Services To Remove Barriers To Access:
http://www.drc-gb.org/drc/InformationAndLegislation/Page331a.asp
New Code For Disabled Rail
Passengers:
http://www.sra.gov.uk/sra/Publications/pdf/code_of_practice_070202.htm
Government Proposals To Change The
DDA:
http://www.drc-gb.org/drc/InformationAndLegislation/Page38Z1.asp
Government To Issue Accessible Play
And Leisure Guidance:
The
government has promised to produce best practice guidance for the
provision of accessible play and leisure facilities for disabled
children and young people.� This
commitment came in response to a
private member's bill from Adrian Saunders MP and in consultation with
the DRC about the most helpful way to improve play provision.
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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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