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....
News (Health Equalities)
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...
NDTi calls for greater accountability in response to the CQC’s report into NHS Deaths
As part of the Expert Advisory Group, at NDTi, we welcome today’s publication of the CQC’s report “Learning, Candour and Accountability”....
The importance of prevention in the Learning Disabilities service model
The consultation on the draft service model, 'Supporting people with a learning disability and / or autism who have a mental health condition or display behaviour that challenges' (what a mouthful) is now over, and we will wait to see what emerges.
Let’s make the good stuff common stuff
At Learning Disabilities Today in Sheffield, we heard about how people with learning disabilities and families changed the way services were commissioned and provided, and how self-advocacy groups had given people the confidence to speak out.