We enable commissioners, providers and frontline practitioners to implement best practice and promote inclusion and equality. Services include specialist research and evaluation, policy advice, development consultancy and training.
Our priorities for our work with people with Learning Disabilities includes the following programmes:
The National Development Team for inclusion, in partnership with My Life My Choice and Bemix have been chosen by Health Education England, Skills for Care and the Department of Health and Social care to be...
"People with learning disabilities have poorer health than their non-disabled peers, yet differences inhealth status are, to an extent, avoidable. The health inequalities faced by people with learning disabilities in the UK start early in...
Making sure people who work in NHS trusts have the training they need to support people with learning disabilities
Coronovirus (Covid-19) is causing huge upheaval to everyone, especially to the lives of older and disabled people. NDTi is working on a range of issues, all of which are focused on ensuring that the implementation...
Nick shares his journey towards reasonable adjustments in healthcare for his son Alex.
About us The 200 Lives project is funded by the National Institute for Health research to evaluate the quality of costs of supported living and residential care for adults with learning disabilities in England. It...
The Henry Smith Charity, a grant-making trust, is launching a new grants programme to support advocacy for people with learning disabilities and autistic people.
It’s time to take responsibility. Jane Friswell and Bill Love reflect on placements, secure settings and failing people.
This three-part podcast addresses the common questions young people with additional needs have about applying to, choosing and attending university.
Reflections from Staffordshire University's AccessAbility ServicesThrough our delivery of Time to Talk, we heard about Staffordshire University’s work to make transitioning into Higher Education as smooth as possible for autistic students and students with learning...
A Mother, Carer and "Expert by Experience" of the Care and Treatment Review process offers her views on the recent Mental Health White Paper and discusses what the changes could mean.
“I don't want my family to not have me around,” Scott Watkin, NDTI board member and SeeAbility head of engagement, told Radio 4’s Today programme this week. Scott added: “We know from what Public Health...
NDTi are one of the partners on a new research study exploring people with learning disabilities’ experiences of the coronavirus pandemic. It is a UK wide study aiming to speak directly to 1000 people with...
Two reports last week highlighted the health inequalities that people with learning disabilities face.
The National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi) was appointed as the independent evaluation partner of The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training in Learning Disability and Autism Trial in partnership with bemix and My Life My Choice...
Resources for health and care professionals, detailing the “Whole Family Approach” to Person Centred Care.
A presentation on Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder, Joint Hypermobility Syndrome) and symptomatic hypermobility.
When Model City London (MCL) was first launched in three London boroughs (Hounslow, Haringey and Barking) in late 2018, it was seen as an exciting concept and opportunity for bottom up, place-based Sport for Development...
NHS 111 First When the NHS 111 first campaign launched, we at the Valuing People Alliance (NDTi, LDE and BILD) decided we wanted to know what impact this might have on people with learning disabilities...
Strengthening the Circle is a programme designed to strengthen the skills, confidence and competence of people working in non-specialist roles with children and young people to support their mental wellbeing. This webinar (delivered on 0...
Adjusted care resources to support health and care workers
The purpose of this toolkit To provide a toolkit for General Practice to support the completion of good quality Learning Disability Annual Health Checks. This London guide is designed to complement and not replace national...
In this report we share the highlights from the third major round-up of evidence and learning from Model City London (MCL) which is a community led, sports based initiative for achieving change based on local...
In this report we share the highlights from the second major round-up of evidence and learning from Model City London (MCL) which is a community led, sports based initiative for achieving change based on local...
Madeline Cooper
Tel: 01225 255 268
Email: Madeline.Cooper@ndti.org.uk
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