Podcast: A Carer's Perspective on the Mental Health White Paper
A Mother, Carer and "Expert by Experience" of the Care and Treatment Review process offers her views
News (Health Equalities)
Covid Vaccinations - A Reasonable Response
NDTi Associate Crispin Hebron, and one of the authors of the soon to be published ‘A for Adjustments’, reflects on the importance of reasonable adjustments
Health Inequalities are laid bare in the Vaccination Priority List Lottery
NDTI Ambassador, Saba Salman, looks at why relying on GPs' discretion for moving people with learning disabilities into priority group 6 isn't enough to tackle health inequalities.
Statement from the Valuing People's Alliance on the Long awaited reports on deaths of people with learning disabilities from Covid 19
Two reports last week highlighted the health inequalities that people with learning disabilities face....
Research: annual health checks for people with a learning disability
People with a learning disability often have poorer physical and mental health than people who don’t have a learning disability.
Improving the uptake of Annual Health Checks for people with learning disabilities
National Organisations work together to help more people with a learning disability have an Annual Health Check.
The Learning Disability agenda needs new tactics, not just renewed energy.
Learning Disability Programme Lead, Madeline Cooper-Ueki, discusses our role in changing the direction of current learning disability practices in the UK.
Dentistry for people with learning disabilities: making reasonable adjustments
The Public Health England Learning Disabilities Observatory team (known as IHaL) are preparing their next 'reasonable adjustments' report. The focus of this report will be around dentistry services for people with learning disabilities.
Learning Disability Big Health Check and Social Care Open day
Celebrating 10 years of reducing health inequalities and making a difference
Making a film with the Misfits Theatre Company – some reflections
I have recently had the pleasure of working with the Misfits Theatre Company to make a film for NHS England about what social care providers can do to improve the health of people with learning disabilities by making sure they are on the health check register and get their annual health check.