Valuing people is a series of four national seminars for senior managers in health and social care. in the first of a number of articles on the seminar series, Jon Glasby calls for a greater emphasis on user involvement

In March 2001 Valuing People set out a range of proposals for improving the lives of people with learning disabilities and their families and carers (Department of Health 2001). The first learning disability White Paper since its 1971 predecessor, the government’s strategy centred on four key principles: