The Minister and Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services have announced the re-start of the Welsh Government’s Improving Lives programme for people with a learning disability, which was has been paused for six months due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The announcement was made in a letter from Julie Morgan, Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services, to Humie Webbe and Sophie Hinksman, Co-Chairs of the Learning Disability Ministerial Advisory Group. In the letter the Deputy Minister says:
“As you will know from the First Minister’s statement on 22 September, we are still in a very challenging situation as we try to manage the spread of this dreadful virus. Nonetheless, the Health Minister and I are agreed we must re-start the programme with a focus on those actions that will help address the most critical concerns around health inequalities, premature deaths, quality of life, anxiety and isolation; the aim being to support individuals and their families/carers to live as well as possible in the continuing challenges of the pandemic. I have asked my officials to work with you, other external stakeholders, health boards and local authorities to restart work immediately.”
Read the full article here, including more details from Welsh Government of this focussed work
