Valuing People was written six years ago in 2001. Its aim was to help people with learning disabilities live good and full lives.

Since then, a lot has happened to improve the lives of people with a learning disability. Some people have more control over their lives, are listened to more, live in better places and do more interesting things.

But some people’s lives are still the same as before. So Government has decided it is time to take a new look at Valuing People.

Valuing People Now says what Government wants to happen with Valuing People for the next three years.

Valuing People Now does three things:

• It adds new bits of policy where it is needed
• It says what the big priorities are for the next 3years
• It says what should be done so that Valuing People happens for everyone

The big priorities are:

• People having more choice and control overtheir lives and services (Personalisation)
• What people do in the days and evenings – including getting a paid job
• People being healthy and getting a good service from the NHS
• People having more choices about where they live.

To download the easyread version of Valuing People Now click here

To download other Valuing People Now documents click here