The London Boroughs of Redbridge and Waltham Forest, and their co-terminus Primary Care Trusts signed a S31 (Health Act l999) partnership agreement, on 31st March 2003.

The London Borough of Redbridge is the lead agency for this arrangement, and host for the pooled fund. Staff are employed by partner agencies, and the pooled fund incorporates budgets for all agencies’ commissioning, and in-house provided services.

The vision for the Partnership is to become a centre of excellence for specialist learning disability services. We will make best use of both human and financial resources to provide holistic, focused services for people with learning disabilities and their carers. Our vision is based on principles embodied in Valuing People, and very explicitly seeks to place service users and carers at the centre of service planning and provision.

Because we have pooled budgets of over £30million, and a staff group of around 350, we are confident that we will be able to build an organisation which can develop an exciting range of services to meet the wide range of needs of service users and carers in our two boroughs. We value the diversity of background, skills and expertise of our staff and are keen to become an organisation noted for its good practice, and ‘learning culture’.

The Partnership includes

  • Integrated health and social care teams which include assessment, care management and specialist health care (psychiatry, nursing, psychology, speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and creative therapy)
  • A range of day opportunities, both centre and community based;
  • Short breaks provided in a residential setting
  • Adult family placements
  • Residential care
  • A range of supported living situations, and support provided to people in their own homes.    

For further information contact

On Tuesday 1 September the Learning Disability Partnership moved to Ley Street House in Redbridge. The new address, telephone number and email address is:

Redbridge and Waltham Forest Learning Disability Partnership
Room 228, 2nd Floor
497-499 Ley Street House
Ilford
Essex  IG2 7QX

Tel 020 8708 5332
Email ldp@redbridge.gov.uk