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<p>As previously announced, the Disability Action Plan will set out the immediate
action the Government will take in 2023 and 2024 to improve disabled people’s lives,
as well as laying the foundations for longer term change.</p><p>There is already significant
work being taken forward by individual Government departments in areas disabled people
have told us are a priority. This includes reforms to employment and welfare via the
DWP’s <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transforming-support-the-health-and-disability-white-paper"
target="_blank">‘Transforming Support: Health and Disability White Paper’</a>, and
strategies to address health and social care via DHSC’s <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/people-at-the-heart-of-care-adult-social-care-reform-white-paper"
target="_blank">‘People at the Heart of Care White Paper’</a>. These are long term
reform efforts which are already underway and outside the scope of a new one to two
year action plan.</p><p>The plan will go further in areas where we think joint action
across Government departments can make a tangible difference to disabled people’s
lives in the immediate term - or where we can make meaningful progress towards a longer
term goal, for example improved disability data and evidence.</p><p>We are planning
to consult on the Disability Action Plan this summer, publishing a full draft of the
plan alongside a set of consultation questions.</p><p>This consultation will be an
opportunity for everyone - disabled people, disabled people’s organisations, other
interested parties - to have their say on the Disability Action Plan. It will be fully
accessible to ensure that disabled people can take part, including being made available
in various accessible formats.</p><p>We will consider all responses to the consultation
carefully before publishing the final Disability Action Plan.</p>
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