Joint Physical Disabilities Planning group
   The consultaition meeting of the Joint Physical disability Planning groups was held on the 
      10th December at the Mining Museum in newtongrange.

         This group  exists to plan services for people in Midlothian who are affected by physical  disability
          and are between the ages of 16 to 65,  we are currently developing a Physical and Complex 
          Disability  Strategy for Midlothian.it is estimated that there are as many 4,500 people living in 
          Midlothian with a disability with approximately 3,645 with a physical disability.

          We would like  to keep you and your group members informed about the work we are doing, and to  
          communicate with you about what you think we should be doing. In other words,  we would like you 
          to be included in the development of the work we do. 

          This will  enable us to best meet the needs of people with disabilities.

           One of the  ideas that has come about is to create a “scrutiny panel” to oversee the work we do. 
           A  scrutiny panel is a group of people with disabilities that meets every 2 months  or so to look over
           the work that has been done by the planning group. The panel  can then tell us what they think of 
           the work, and whether there are things we  are missing and address these gaps in provisions to the 
          best of our ability. If you or any of your group members might be interested in being involved in a 
          scrutiny panel,  please get in touch via Midlothian Community Care Forum Development worker. This
          is very  much a starting point,If  you would like more information, or to talk about any part of this,
          you can  contact Eric Johnstone 0131 663 9471 or Catherine Evans 0131 561 5527. 
         This consultation period end on January 31st 2008, when there is more to report it will attached to 
          each work stream. 

                                                                                The work stream sub groups are .

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