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Annual health checks for people with learning disabilities have been a key part of NHS plans to improve health and reduce premature mortality since 2008. Annual health checks are part of an Enhanced Service, designed...

Pharmacy teams in community, primary care and acute hospital settings see many people with learning disabilities....

In 2016, NHS England asked NDTi and the Challenging Behaviour Foundation to develop a pathway for children and young people with special educational needs/learning disabilities whose behaviours challenge.

Calls to pay people with learning disabilities below the minimum wage fly in the face of the evidence – not to mention the law.

This evidence suggests that Shared Lives has the potential to play an important role as an option for people with mental ill health – as a form of accommodation, short breaks or day support.

Guest Blog from Doreen Kelly, Director of Beyond Limits an organisation based in South West England that has piloted a tailored approach using Individual Health Budgets in the form of an Individual Service Fund that ensures a truly person centred approach to support.

Commissioned by the World Health Organisation in a project jointly funded by the European Community and the Turkish Government, NDTi worked on an evaluation of the Home Based Care Service which offers financial support to...

As part of Yorkshire and Humberside’s programme to deliver best practice and outcomes on employment for people with mental health problems and learning disabilities, the NDTi has been commissioned to offer planning support to Local Authorities.

These materials are designed to help Transforming Care Partnerships to support children and young people whose behaviours challenge. ...

A guest blog from family carer Jackie Martel who talks about why a new Children's Pathway is needed and how a set of three new resources will help Transforming Care partnerships, local authorities and CCGs to work together with local families to develop a new approach.