The green light toolkit

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The green light toolkit

• green light is a toolkit about planning good
  services for people with mental health problems
  who also have learning disabilities.

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There are two important planning groups in every
area-

• The Mental Health Local Implementation Team
• The Learning Disability Partnership Board
• The green light toolkit will help these groups
  make services better for people with mental
  health problems in our area.

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The toolkit has information about-

• What the Government wants services to be like
• What people with mental health problems who have
  learning disabilities want
• What their carers want

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The toolkit has information about-

• What good services look like
• It has a checklist for people to use. This helps
  us decide what to do to make services better.

Checklist
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What the Government says

• Staff in mental health and learning disability
  services need to work together.
• Some people will need extra help to use ordinary
  mental health services
• Some people will need specialist services.

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What people with learning disabilities have said

• When they have mental health problems people
  said they want
• To be given information and to be told whats
  happening
• Help to understand why they are unwell
• Help so they feel better
• To be able to get help easily

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What people with learning disabilities have said

• To get help so they still get on with people
• To be part of meetings about them
• To go to a small place nearby if they cant have
  treatment at home
• To go back home when they are well again

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Next steps

• We will talk to services and to local people
  about the green light toolkit. We will use it to
  write a plan to help services work together
  better.

Plan
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