MLDP Information

Manchester Learning Disability Partnership (MLDP) is an Integrated Provision of Health and Social Care Services established under the flexibilities of the Health Act 1999: however it dates from 1994 when a Joint Learning Disability Service was formed. It is a partnership between Manchester City Council's Directorate for Adults and Manchester Primary Care Trust who also have agreements for a Pooled Fund and a Joint Commissioning. MLDP also has agreements with Manchester Metropolitan University who directly employ our Head of Research and Evidence (Professor Duncan Mitchell) and collaborate on a number of Research and Development initiatives. The MLDP Management Team leads the specialist, health and social care service in the city. However a good quality of life can only be facilitated in close collaboration with other resources, the majority of them mainstream ones available to the whole population. The Management Team reports regularly to the Joint Management Executive - senior officers of the City Council and NHS.