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28 January 2021Annual Health Checks14 Year Olds and Over with a Learning DisabilityConsultation Report Evidenced byDerbyshire Parent Carer VoiceAuthor: Louise Cheung DPCV Social MediaWebsite: www.derbyshireparentcarervoice.orgEmail: info@derbyshireparentcarervoice.orgTelephone:01629 533666

Content Index1.2.3.4.5.6.Introduction & PurposeMethods of Requesting FeedbackTake up of Annual Health CheckFeedback of attending Annual Health CheckReasons for not attending Annual HealthCheckAppendicesPage 1Page 2Page 3Page 4Page 5Page 6Page 7

Consultation with Parent/Carers with Children/Young People with SEND:Annual Health Checks for 14 Year Olds and Over with a LearningDisabilityIntroduction & PurposeThis survey was designed to elicit the views of parent/carers acrossDerbyshire in relation to the annual health check (AHC) of young people aged14 year old and over who have a learning disability. This is also sometimesreferred to as the ‘Learning Disability Health Check’.Derbyshire Parent Carer Voice is aware that there is a relatively low take-upacross the county of young people accessing this free annual health check.The survey was designed to find out if parent carers were aware of the annualhealth check, whether their young people have accessed the annual healthcheck and their feedback, if appropriate.Derbyshire Parent Carer Voice will share the results of this survey withcommissioning managers from Derby and Derbyshire CCG as part of theCCG’s plan (targeted at increasing the uptake of the annual health check) aswell as with Healthwatch Derbyshire and other relevant agencies.This short survey opened 31 December 2020 and closed on 15 January 2021.The survey was carried out through Survey Monkey to obtain the views ofparents/carers only.Page 2

Methods Used to Request Information for the SurveyDerbyshire Parent Carer Voice (DPCV) emailed the survey to their databaseof 346 with a brief explanation of the consultation and directed potentialparticipants to the DPCV website to follow the survey link.Social media was used to share the link to the website. Our current methodsof social media are Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. This information wasshared several times via these methods.The link was also shared on Healthwatch Derbyshire’s Facebook page.Page 3

Take up of Annual Health CheckWe asked parent carers if their young person (aged 14 years or over, with alearning disability) had accessed an annual health check.30 of 30 participants answered this question, with the results below:Yes – 10No – 20Please refer to Appendix A for comments left by 13 of the 30 participants.Page 4

Feedback on experience of attending an Annual Health CheckWe asked parent carers to provide comments outlining their experienceof attending an annual health check. We encouraged them to provideany feedback, both positive and negative and stressed that all feedbackwould be useful.9 participants out of the 30 provided feedback. These could be splitbroadly into positives, neutral and negatives.Positive – 4 (44%)Neutral – 3 (33%)Negative – 2 (22%)Although these are relatively small numbers, the feedback is tending toindicate that if the annual health check has been attended, it has been apositive experience although with a total of 55% giving feedback which isneutral/negative, there is still scope for improvement.See Appendix B for comments from 9 parent carers.Page 5

Why an Annual Health Check has not been attendedWe asked for the reasons why an annual health check has not beenattended. Of the 30 participants, 20 provided feedback.Feedback can be categorised broadly as follows:Lack of awareness/not offered annual health check – 16 (80%)Not accessible for young person – 1 (5%)Covid19 prevented annual health check taking place – 1 (5%)Miscellaneous – 2 (10%)For a full list of the 20 comments, please refer to Appendix C.Report Completed by Derbyshire Parent Carer Voice28.01.2021Page 6

AppendicesABCSurvey Results – Take up commentsSurvey Results – Feedback after attending AHCSurvey Results – Reasons for not attending AHCPage 7Page 8Page 9Page 10

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