To approve the Herefordshire Autism Strategy 2019 - 2022

The autism strategy will:

a.     Set out the actions required to achieve improved life outcomes for people with autism by better access to services. Through strategic improvement the council and the Clinical Commissioning group (CCG) will make and or influence reasonable adjustments and workforce awareness, this will in turn lead to wider participation in the community and more fulfilling lives.

b.     Set out the outcomes required, resources and ownership against each priority. This will be supported by an action plan (appendix 1) which sets out the annual activity and the identified outcomes for children and adults with autism with the appropriate and available resources for groups of all ages.

c.      Act as a medium term framework for future delivery and alignment of universal services to ensure the needs of people with autism are appropriately met.

d.     Ensure that all commissioned activity across the council’s directorates and the CCG is aligned to the health and wellbeing blueprint for adult social care and with the NHS long term commitment to ensure reasonable adjustments are made in both primary and acute health settings and services.