Summary
Thank you to everyone who took the time to contribute to the consultation on the ‘We Matter’ Learning Disability Service Model.
Your feedback has been vital in helping us progress and finalise the Service Model and Service Delivery Plan, informing the changes needed to improve services and support for adults with a learning disability and their families.
The consultation analysis report has now been published below.
We anticipate that both the Learning Disability Service Model and Service Delivery Plan will be finalised and published in the coming weeks, subject to Ministerial approval
Documents
- LDSM Public Consultation Response Analysis Report
- LDSM Summary of Consultation Report - January 2026
- We Matter – August 2025
- We Matter Service Delivery Plan
- Easy Read and Questionnaire
- Consultation – EQIA
- Consultation - RNIA
- LDSM – Consultation questions – August 2025
- Learning Disability Service Model Consultation Roadshow, Silverbirch Hotel, Omagh-Feedback
- Learning Disability Service Model Consultation Roadshow – La Mon Hotel, Ballygowan-Feedback
- Learning Disability Service Model Consultation Roadshow – Canal Court Hotel, Newry-Feedback
- Learning Disability Service Model Consultation Roadshow – Dunsilly Hotel, Antrim-Feedback
- Learning Disability Service Model Consultation Roadshow – Clayton Hotel, Belfast-Feedback
- LSDM Online Engagement - 04th November 2025
- We Matter - Event Report
- LDU - We Matter - LDSM - Consultation Summary Report - January 2026
Consultation description
The draft service model has been developed in collaboration with Trusts, independent sector providers and people that use HSC services. The draft model sets out a regionally consistent framework to improve outcomes across several HSC areas, including: (i) Life Changes (ii) Health & Wellbeing; (iii) Carers and Families (iv) Meaningful Lives and Citizenship; (v) Home and (vi) Mental Ill Health and Behaviours of Distress or Concern.
The Department is grateful to all those who took the time to contribute to this consultation process and valued the openness, feedback and engagement from all who participated. This report provides a high level summary of the initial findings from the recent public consultation on the draft Learning Disability Service Model (LDSM; the Model), which ran from 19 August 2025 until 25 November 2025.
A fuller qualitative analysis of the feedback of all the responses to the consultation is being progressed, with the aim of finalising this report in March. This analysis will be used to further refine and finalise the Service Model It was made by TILII Translates, a group of adults with a learning disability, autism and other support needs who are experts at making information easier to understand. TILII Translates is part of Telling It Like It Is (TILII), an advocacy group that supports people to speak up for themselves.
TILII is one of the lead projects within the Association for Real Change (ARC), a leading umbrella body representing the learning disability community and is a key partner for DoH in helping to deliver services in the learning disability sector. Their purpose is to improve the quality of life for people who have a learning disability, autism and other support needs.
Consultation events
The Department will be hosting a series of regional engagement events during the consultation in your HSC Trust area as follows:
Ways to respond
Consultation closed — responses are no longer being accepted.