Consultation

Public consultation on the future of Devon County Council’s Adult Day Services

From

14/11/2023

Until

16/01/2024

The day services consultation period has now closed. A number of frequently asked questions were put forward during this period and these can be found here. These answers may be useful background information for this subject, regardless of the consultation.

Devon County Council would like to hear from people who have an interest in day services now and in the future, including people who use the services, families and anyone supporting an older adult or a person with learning disability.

The authority operates ten in-house day care services at eight different sites across Devon.

Since 2015, the number of eligible people accessing the County Council’s in-house learning disability day services has reduced from 116 to 13 people today.

Devon’s learning disability day services at Lyric in Okehampton, Newholme in Honiton, Silverhill in Barnstaple, and Tumbly Hill in Kingsbridge, as well as its older people day services at Tumbly Hill, are currently not attended by anyone.

The learning disability day service at Rosalind House in Tiverton is currently required by one person.

The County Council is asking for people to have their say on whether it should continue operating the day care services described above.

Please read the consultation document and supporting documents before taking part in this consultation as they provide important information relating to day services in Devon.

How to have your say

There are several ways that people can have their say on the consultation including face-to-face meetings with Living Options, completion of a questionnaire (see consultation documentation) , feedback by email or filling in the online form.

Living Options Devon, on behalf of Devon County Council, will be holding a series of public consultation meetings throughout November and December.

Location	Date and time of the meeting
Tiverton Hotel, Tiverton	Monday 20 November 10:30am – 12:30pm – Book your space
The Beehive, Honiton	Tuesday 21 November 10.30am – 12.30pm – Book your space
Barnstaple Library	Monday 27 November, 11am – 1pm – Book your space
Kingsbridge Library	Monday 4 December, 1.30pm – 3.30pm – Book your space
Ockment Centre, Okehampton	Tuesday 5 December, 10.30am – 12.30pm – Book your space
Online consultation meeting	Tuesday 5 December, 6.30pm – 8.30pm – Book your space
Online consultation meeting	Monday 15 January, 1.00pm – 2.30pm – Book your space for 15 January

If you have any questions about the consultation or if you require this information or any of the information in a different language or format, please contact APSConsultation@devon.gov.uk.