Learning Disability Big Health Check and Social Care Open day
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Better Health for Better Lives Event Materials
These presentation materials are from the Better Health for Better Lives events....
Quality Checking Health Checks for People with Learning Disabilities
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...
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.
Achieving Age Equality
NDTi has worked with the Department of Health on the development and design of the Achieving Age Equality Toolkit – a web based resource which is intended at assist people working within the health and social care communities to audit and assess their readiness for the implementation of the Equality Act 2010, with regard to age discrimination and age equality.
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 Health Charter in Practice
VODG, National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi) and National Care Forum (NCF) have published ‘The health charter in practice’ describing how providers use the Health Charter....
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.
The Health Equality Framework - practical implementation workshops
The Health Equality Framework (HEF) is) a freely available outcomes-based tool to help commissioners, providers, people with learning disabilities and their families understand the impact and effectiveness of health and social care services....