VODG members are invited to this session exploring the latest development on the neighbourhood health roll out, ways in which VCFSE organisations are already delivering this agenda and improvements needed to ensure disabled people, carers and families are central to neighbourhood health initiatives.
This session, which VODG is organising and facilitating with colleagues at NDTI, will be an opportunity for members to consider developments relating to the Government's Neighbourhood Health roll out, a key feature of the Ten-Year Health Plan for England published last year.
The session will explore what organisations working with and for disabled people need to do to ensure that the new Neighbourhood Health arrangements work best for disabled people, carers and families, including the improvement of access to care and support, health outcomes and social inclusion.
It will also consider what if any actions are required by statutory health and care systems to enable the VCFSE disability sector to play a full part in the delivery of neighbourhood health.
We hope to convey the conclusions and any recommendations for action from the session to colleagues at the Department of Health and Social Care, other relevant government departments and system leaders.


Policy Associate, VODG
Please note, should you have any accessibility requirements, we will do our best to make necessary arrangements to support you; however, we may require up to four weeks notice, so please list your requirements on the booking form. Closed captions are used as a standard in online meetings. If you have any questions, please email [email protected].

Programme Director, Equal Lives, NDTI
Madeline leads the Equal Lives team with particular responsibility our work in learning disabilities and ageing and older people.
She has 20 years experience in the public sector in direct support, management and organisational development roles. She is passionate about driving change to improve the lives of people with a learning disabilities and those around them. Madeline is particularly skilled in facilitating change and development for individuals, teams and organisations, using a range of skills developed in practice and through Occupational Psychology underpinned by an ethos of inclusion and co-production.
Madeline’s most recent roles include leading NDTi’s Ageing and Older People’s programme and a team in London and South East in Skills for Care, the sector skills council for social care, engaging with stakeholders to ensure the views of people using or working in the sector were included in development and sharing best practice throughout the field.
Prior to that Madeline held various roles in organisational and business development, as well as management and direct support provision in Certitude Support, a not-for support provider supporting those with learning disabilities and mental health needs. Madeline specialised in exploring ways to generate transformational change and make personalisation a reality, both at organisation and individual levels, in a way which improved the lives, experience and outcomes of those being supported. Madeline has worked with people of all ages and with various support needs throughout her career. She graduated with an MSc in Occupational Psychology in 2006.
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