NHS England, the Local Government Association (LGA), and the Association of Directors of Adult Social Sevices (ADASS) have published a new draft national framework designed to improve the care of
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NHS England has said it will take urgent action after finding a “high level of inappropriate use of psychotropic drugs in people with learning disabilities”. A report estimated that up
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The author of a report on the care of people with learning disabilities has reported an “alarming absence of any tangible progress” since it was published six months ago. Sir
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The National Autistic Society (NAS) is asking people with autism aged 25 or younger and their parents about their experiences of education in England as the new SEN system is implemented. Last
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An unprecedented piece of research into the language used by autism communities to describe autism was released this week. The research by The National Autistic Society (NAS), the Royal College of
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The University of Edinburgh and Camphill Scotland are hosting an event in September on using social pedagogy to work with adults. The ‘Diamonds are forever: using social pedagogy to work
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A new RCN survey reveals that learning disability nurses have serious concerns about the impact that cuts are having on the 1.5 million people living with a learning disability in
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The Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland has welcomed new powers which will allow it to do more to protect the rights of people with mental ill health. The Mental Health
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NHS England, the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) and the University of Bristol have announced the world’s first national programme to review premature deaths of people with learning disabilities. The
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