Feedback from Yorkshire and

Humber Regional Forum

We had our Regional Forum the

5th February in Leeds
We (Speakup) held a
workshop in Leeds
The reason for the
workshop was to find
out if people with
Learning disabilities,
their families, carers
and their services knew
about the Transforming

The questions we asked at

the Regional Forum
Workshops
Do local self advocates
and family carers
know about
Transforming Care and
what should be
happening locally?

Do local groups
know who the
people leading
locally are?
Do local groups
know how many
local people are in
assessment and

I attended the North Yorkshire

Keyring Forum
The reason was to find out
what people with learning
disabilities and family; carers
knew about Transforming
Care?

We created an online
questionnaire and an easy
read questionnaire.

The questionnaires looked

at the information sent
out by Inclusion North
They asked questions on
each of the five areas:

Good Information
Local People
Working Together
Good Care in Hospital

Keeping People Safe.

Transforming care
I attended the Yorkshire and
Humber Regional forum to talk
about Transforming Care.
I also attended the North Yorkshire
Keyring Forum to ask people what
they knew about the Transforming
Care Programme.
At the North Yorkshire Keyring
forum all of the members had heard
about Transforming Care, they had
just had a presentation about it
before we arrived.

Loughborough- National forum

What we wanted from the
meeting?
Information to take to Regional
Forum
Information about SAF (Self
Assessment
Framework)
Easy to understand information
What is happening in other areas
in the country

National Learning Disability Award

I have been chosen for the
National Learning Disability
and autism award.
I have been chosen for the
Making a difference award.
I will be attending the
National Learning Disability
and Autism award interbiew
in Birmingham.

CQC Inspections
I worked with Yorkshire
ambulance service as an
Expert patient
I was involved so I could help
change the service for people
with learning disability
I bid mock CQC inspections on
in Rotherham and Leeds

Rotherham A & E
Project
I have been involved in the
Rotherham A& E project.
The reason is to make
experiences for people with
learning disabilities and autism
better when visiting the A&E
Hospital
We help Focus groups for carers,
people with Learning disabilities,
their families and A& E staff

Rotherham A & E
Project
I helped with collecting the
information for the
questioners, which were used
for staff training
I was involved in planning the
training for professionals and
staff at Rotherham A&E on
how to support people with
learning disabilities and/or
autism