Person Centred Approaches
Implementing personalisation is a priority for everyone in the health and social care field at the moment. The NDTi is concerned that some organisations are just making minor changes and re-labelling what they do with the language of personalisation. If this happens, people who use services will experience little change and there is a risk that their lives will become more difficult.
For the NDTi, the personalisation agenda is almost identical to the Independent Living agenda – people having choice and control over the support they need to be able to live the lives they want as equal members of their local communities.
The NDTi’s Personalisation and Person Centred Approaches programme operates at all levels to help make this a reality. From working with Government to develop guidance on personalisation, through to practical training with self-advocates and families, some of our key current areas of work are as follows:
