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Valuing people: a new strategy for learning disability for the 21st century — implementation guidance
Corporate Author	Department of Health - DH
Publisher	Department of Health, London, August 2001
Pages	25 pp (Health service circular HSC 2001/016: Local authority circular LAC
Source	Department of Health, PO Box 777, London SE1 6XH. Website: http://www.doh.gov.uk/coinh.htm
Keywords	Circulars ; Department of Health [legislation and circulars] ; Camping ; Cognitive impairment ; Services ; Social policy.
Annotation	The White Paper, "Valuing people: a new strategy for learning disability for the 21st century", sets out proposals for improving opportunities and achieving better outcomes for all children, young people, adults and older people with learning difficulties, and for their families too. This guidance focuses on action to implement the proposals, principally for local authorities with social services responsibilities to set up Learning Disability Partnership Boards by 31 October 2001. Also covered is choice in housing. This circular should be cancelled on 31 March 2004. Circulars LAC(92)15 and HSG(92)42 are also hereby cancelled. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-010905009 C
Classmark	6I: VK9: HSC(2001)16: E4: I: TM2 *
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