The Brent Health and Wellbeing Board will tonight consider a Written Statement of Action following concerns expressed following a joint inspection of the authority's and Brent Clinical Commissioning Group provision for chldren with special educational needs and disabilities. The officer's report states:
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Although
some aspects of the inspection were very positive, a Written Statement of
Action has been requested. Brent Council, Brent CCG and health providers have
worked together to address these concerns and respond to them so that children
in any setting can get the right health advice and treatment to support their
education. The most challenging of these concerns to address is the waiting
times issue that has arisen due to wider shortages of specialist NHS staff.
Brent CCG has appointed a specialist Designated Clinical Officer to oversee and
speed up the programme of health reforms.
The
inspectors required the local area to provide a Written Statement of Action in
regard to the following concerns:
· strategic leadership of the CCG in
implementing the SEND reforms
· the fragmented approach to joint
commissioning causing gaps in services
· the lack of opportunity for
therapists to respond to draft EHC plans before they
are finalised
· poor access to services for some
vulnerable groups; in particular, to audiology,
OT and speech and language therapy, limited
opportunities for parental involvement when designing and commissioning
services.
The draft Written Statement for Action can be found HERE.
It has to be submitted by October 23rd
