The forum focused on collaboration across adult social care and health, reviewing completed actions from July and sharing updates on key initiatives. Highlights included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
New Learning Disability Outreach Team<\/strong>: Provides short-term intensive support for adults at risk of inpatient admission, with emphasis on accessibility and cultural awareness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Winter Vaccination Programme<\/strong>: Updates on eligibility for COVID, flu, and RSV vaccines, plus outreach efforts for individuals with sensory sensitivities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Adult Social Care Call Handling<\/strong>: Significant improvements in wait times and accessibility, with ongoing work to support neurodivergent and non-verbal callers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Community Engagement<\/strong>: Updates on co-production projects, safeguarding resources, and initiatives promoting inclusivity and diversity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rebranding Announcement<\/strong>: Disability Together (formally Living Options Devon) unveiled its new name and website to better reflect user-led values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Carer and Autism Ambassador Updates<\/strong>: Progress on support groups, ambassador activities, and autism-friendly practices in health services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Learning Disability Partnership Board<\/strong>: Work on accessibility, reasonable adjustments, and easy-read resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Friendship Groups and Co-production<\/strong>: Continued success of community-based groups and awareness sessions for professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n CQC Inspection Feedback<\/strong>: Positive initial findings on engagement and co-production, with a formal report expected in early 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The next forum will take place on 27 January 2026<\/strong>, featuring a Q&A with senior leaders. Attendees are invited to submit questions in advance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Joint Engagement Forum \u2013 4 November 2025 Summary The forum focused on collaboration across adult social care and health, reviewing completed actions from July and sharing updates on key initiatives. Highlights included: New Learning Disability Outreach Team: Provides short-term intensive support for adults at risk of inpatient admission, with emphasis on accessibility and cultural awareness. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":48292,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-48335","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-09 00:11:40","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48335"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51072,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48335\/revisions\/51072"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}