Published: Thursday, 4th February, 2010 10:47am

Slough tops table in services for disabled children

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SLOUGH has been named the top authority in the South East for services to families with disabled children.

The authority was also named fifth in the UK after a survey was sent out nationally by the government to see how happy parents and carers of children with disabilities were with the services they received from their councils.

The survey measures parental satisfaction in services for children with disabilities and only goes to those parents of a child with a disability.

The survey also included Berkshire East Primary Care Trust, which also came out with the highest score of the PCTs in the South Central Strategic Health Authority area.

Jackie Wright, head of service for children with learning difficulties and disabilities for the council, said: "Being the fifth best in the country is just fantastic news.

We're clear we need to ensure we provide the services people want, rather than what we think they want.

"Although this is a challenge, it has been enormously satisfying for us over the last year to have such strong links to our parents and their children with disabilities and special educational needs."

The council has more than 700 children with statements of special educational needs and more than 400 on its voluntary database of children with disabilities in Slough.