Putting People First in Telford and Wrekin

Putting People First in Telford and Wrekin is a programme to transform the way social care services are provided. It will shape adult social care and related services over the next 10 years or more, through a strong focus on personal choice and control for local people.

Please see our informative newsletters for how Telford & Wrekin Council are taking this forward.

The Government, in its Putting People First document, has set out some of the biggest challenges and changes for social care since the introduction of the 1990 NHS and Community Care Act. Telford & Wrekin Council, together with others involved locally, is working on plans to ensure the changes are tailored for the benefit of our own unique community. In October of last year the Government introduced some specific guidelines around when it expects certain aspects of the programme to be implemented.

Come and see for yourself and talk to other people about the changes
on
 9 September 2010,
10am – 1pm
at Meeting Point House in Telford. 

In this session there will be opportunity to:

• learn more about what Putting People First means
• hear about other people’s experiences
• talk to others about your experiences
• ask questions about what happens next
  

Refreshments will be made available throughout
Food will be available from 1pm

If you would like to attend this event , let us know by calling  01952 388811 or email puttingpeoplefirst@telford.gov.uk
When you contact us please let us know if you have any specific needs and we will do our best to meet them.  We look forward to seeing you there.

Any one of us, or one of our relatives or friends, will access social care services now or in the future. The changes we are aiming to make through the Putting People First programme will shape social care and make improvements for all of us. We want to start tailoring services around the person, not make people fit into what services are available or deemed fit for them by somebody else. People want to be treated as individuals.

The main aim is to help people remain independent for as long as possible and give them control over any services they do choose, including funding from the Council for their care or support. As well as better information and easy access to the services that suit the individual and their personal care requirements.