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See Hear Aberdeen Implementation Group Graham Findlay. NESS background Formerly Grampian Society for the Blind, providing a wide range of Statutory and non Statutory services for people who are Blind or PS
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See Hear Aberdeen Implementation Group Graham Findlay
NESS background • Formerly Grampian Society for the Blind, providing a wide range of Statutory and non Statutory services for people who are Blind or PS • For over 5 years now been providing joint sensory services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing people as well, firstly in Moray and latterly in Aberdeen
NESS and See Hear Strategy • Invited by the Director of Social Care and Wellbeing to be Aberdeen City Councils’ representative on the implementation group
First Steps • Invite key people who can take forward parts of the strategy, including: • Health, (Head of Audiology and an other from Ophthalmology) , • Head of Sensory Support for Education, • Other Vol Orgs, including Deaf Blind Scotland, National Deaf Children’s Assoc, • Service User Representative, • Grampian Optometry Rep, • A rep from the City Council, • Others to be invited for specific items
Starting Point • First meeting of group only last week! • Background from Angela Bonomy, • Looked at the local position in relation to each of the recommendations (Scoping), • Commitment from each group member gained.
Longer Term • What are the local priorities? • How to use the small amount of funding appropriately?
Initial Priorities Identified • Training, training, training!, Recommendation 2, 3, • Pathways to services, Recommendation 1, 4, (referral routes, registration, ECLO, Audiology referral, electronic referrals, etc), • Scoping exercise on current service provision, and existing pathways
Next Steps • Seek to get someone from the Health and Social Care Integration process to join, seen as crucial and current, • Invite Health Point representative to attend, seek to scope and develop pathways, • Health Prevention Team to update on their role,
Next Steps Continued: • Be mindful of other work going on, e.g. • (VINCYP & GIRFEC, Scottish Vision Strategy), • See what can be done from existing resources before using the Implementation Fund, • Try and get a Grampian Wide Group to avoid duplication.