{"id":912,"date":"2011-03-29T15:11:29","date_gmt":"2011-03-29T14:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.disabilitynottinghamshire.org.uk\/?p=912"},"modified":"2011-03-29T15:11:29","modified_gmt":"2011-03-29T14:11:29","slug":"its-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.disabilitynottinghamshire.org.uk\/index.php\/2011\/03\/29\/its-official\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s official!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_913\" style=\"width: 526px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.disabilitynottinghamshire.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0493.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-913\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-913  \" title=\"ULO Certificate Presentation\" src=\"http:\/\/www.disabilitynottinghamshire.org.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0493-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"516\" height=\"387\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-913\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">L-R: Pauline Kenton; Paul McKay, Cllr Tom Pettengell (Chairman); Lyn Williams; Christine Mitchell<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Disability Nottinghamshire has been recognised officially as a user-led organisation by Nottinghamshire County Council in a presentation by the Chairman of the Council.<\/h3>\n<p>We are very proud of our acheivements in being recognised as a user-led organisation but acknowledge that it does not stop here. We want to engage with as many individuals, their carers, families and friends in the future to make sure their voices are being heard and to shape our services to meet local needs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Each local authority area in England is required by the Department of Health to have a user-led organisation to consult, engage and involve. The initiative has come as part of the Putting People First agenda and the transformation of adult social care. There are 21 points which an organisation must meet in order to be classified user-led under the Department of Health&#8217;s criteria. 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