Hundreds of people took up Surrey County Council’s offer to get involved in shaping services that help them live in their own homes and communities.
The elderly, disabled people, those with mental health problems and carers linked up with the council to look at how services can give them more choice and independence.
They were joined by Nick Danagher, the acting chair of the Surrey Coalition of Disabled People, who opened the event with the council’s Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Health Michael Gosling.
On the agenda were direct payments that allow people to organise their own care and support and ways of providing advice to allow informed decisions to be made about care.
The Making It Real event comes after people with learning disabilities played a role in helping the council improve services they use as part of a Public Value Review*.
Mr Gosling said: “This event gave people the opportunity to tell us their views and provided us with the chance to listen and learn.
“We’ll take those opinions on board so together we can design and deliver services that will help people keep their independence and live their lives as they choose.”
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* Looking at what is done well, what can be done better and where savings can be made.
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