Project background
An All Age Autism Review project has begun in Dorset, this includes Dorset Council and Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole local authority areas. This project is about service improvement and is following a cycle of assessing local needs, gathering insights, view seeking, identifying service gaps, understanding what works, and what could be improved, to then design a new and improved pathway of care.
To help give the project the best chance of success engagement is taking place with stakeholders across the Dorset Integrated Care System. This includes NHS and Local Authority organisations, and also the voluntary sector, parent carer groups, support groups and individuals with lived experience.
The new pathway of care is being developed through a co-design approach. This way of working has collaboration at its core; working together with those who have an interest in, or are affected by, autism to design an effective care pathway for all. Throughout Spring and Summer 2021 a series of workshops were the epicentre of the co-design process. These workshops had membership from a nominated cross-section of representatives from across Dorset.
This webpage will be regularly updated with progress updates and include resources for anyone to review and provide feedback on.
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