Valuing People Now: From Progress to Transformation
Valuing People was written six years ago in 2001. Its aim was to help people with learning disabilities live good and full lives. Other Government policies (like Improving the Life Chances of Disabled People) have also helped with this.

Since then, a lot has happened to improve the lives of people with a learning disability.

Some people have more control over their lives, are listened to more, live in better places and do more interesting things.

But some people’s lives are still the same as before.

So the Government has decided it is time to take a new look at Valuing People. We want to see what we can do to make sure that things change for the better for everyone.
Valuing People Now: From Progress to Transformation says what the Government wants to happen with Valuing People for the next three years.
It does not change the Valuing People policy – which will keep on being Government policy about the lives of people with learning disabilities. People tell us it is still a good policy and we agree.
Valuing People Now does three things:
- It says what the big priorities are for the next 3 years
- It says what should be done so that Valuing People happens for everyone.
Valuing People was about children and adults with a learning disability. Since then, there have been lots of other new policies about children and new things are happening. So, Valuing People Now is only about adults with a learning disability (including transition, this means when young people become adults.
The Big Priorities

We want Valuing People to keep on being about all parts of people’s lives. But we think there are some really big priorities – things everyone should do more about. So, we want everyone to do a lot more about these four things:
- People having more choice and control over their lives and services and being listened to more, (Personalisation)
- What people do in the days and evenings – including getting a paid job
- People being healthy and getting a good service from the NHS
- People having more choices about where they live.

There is one other really important thing to do – make sure that Valuing People Now happens for everyone.
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