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Enabling Information: A report on improving access and raising standards in information services for disabled people and their carers in Scotland.

6 Working Group Methods

6.1 The Working Group prepared a statement about its remit asking for examples of good practice and problem areas, and suggestions about where improvements could be made. This was circulated to over 900 interested organisations in both the statutory and voluntary sectors, and to the press. The statement was sent to all the social work departments, health boards and NHS trusts in Scotland, to all the CABx as well as to all Disability Scotland's subscribers and disability related organisations. A large number of responses to the statement were received (see Appendices 1 and 2 for details).

6.2 The Working Group held 9 meetings and at several meetings there were invited speakers with particular knowledge or experience relevant to the group. Members of the Working Group also gave presentations about the work of their own organisations. A list of these can be found in Appendix 3.

6.3 Three sub groups were set up in September 1994 to look at:

• the quality of information services;
• national information providers; and
• local information services.

These groups consisted of members of the Working Group and co-opted members (Appendix 4). The groups each held several meetings between October 1994 and January 1995 and produced reports which were considered by the Working Group as a whole in February 1995. The remits of the three sub groups are attached in Appendix 5.