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.
Improved wellbeing, reduced social isolation, a better place to grow older and reduced costs to health and social care.
People with a learning disability often have poorer physical and mental health than people who don’t have a learning disability.
"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...
National Organisations work together to help more people with a learning disability have an Annual Health Check.
This is a guide for carers over 18 on how to get the information, advice and support you need.
This learning will be of interest to everybody involved with local Carers’ Partnerships at a strategic level, including carers themselves.
Social care sector urges Government to order regulator to downgrade quality rating of inpatient units following Whorlton Hall abuse scandal
Most adults with learning disabilities who need support and a place to live are offered either Residential Care or housing with support (sometimes called Supported Living.).
Sanchita Hosali, Director of the British Institute of Human Rights talks about the importance of looking at hospital abuse through the lens of the Human Rights Act.
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