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<p>In 2014, the Government introduced a new statutory framework requiring local authorities
and clinical commissioning groups to commission jointly services for children with
special educational needs and disability, across health, social care and education.
Since 2014, £327 million has been given to local areas to support implementation of
these new arrangements, in addition to the high needs budget for placements for pupils
with complex special educational needs.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to their role inspecting
providers, Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission are jointly inspecting every local
area’s arrangements. The inspections assess the effectiveness of joint arrangements
by commissioners of health, education and social care to support children with special
educational needs, with written statements of action required where improvement is
needed.</p><p> </p><p>Improving wheelchair access for children has been included as
a ‘must do’ in NHS England’s planning guidance for clinical commissioning groups (CCGs)
for 2017/18 – 2018/19, which was issued in September 2016. Each CCG is required to
set out improvement plans showing how they would halve the number of children waiting
18 weeks by Q4 2017/18 and eliminate 18 week waits for wheelchairs by the end of 2018/19.</p><p>
</p><p>In April 2018, we announced investment of £1.5 million in child sports prostheses
across 2018/19 and 2019/20 for the provision of child sports protheses and research.</p><p>
</p><p>In 2019 we will be consulting on introducing mandatory learning disability
training for health and care staff.</p>
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