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Labour calls for two-year deadline on learning disabilities units

By Iain MacDonald16th July 2014News England

Labour has called on the Government to commit to a two-year deadline to end the practice of placing vulnerable people with learning disabilities in Assessment and Treatment Units – like

Report: Social climate in learning disability services

By Iain MacDonald15th July 2014Reports & Resources

Social climate of psychiatric institutions correlates with multiple outcomes related to staff and patients. Research into social climate in Learning Disability services is limited. Staff and patients in Learning Disability

Three staff suspended from MacIntyre learning disability school

By Iain MacDonald8th July 2014News England

Following a recent whistleblowing incident, three members of staff have been suspended from work, pending a police investigation, at MacIntyre’s School at Wingrave, Buckinghamshire. Sarah Burslem, Managing Director, said “After

NI Learning Disability charity in court over proposed eviction

By Iain MacDonald25th June 2014News Northern Ireland

The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) is set to take a mental health charity to court in an attempt to forcibly remove it from Hillsborough Castle. Praxis Care has run the

Report: Value of advocacy services for parents with learning disabilities

By Iain MacDonald23rd June 2014Reports & Resources

An article examined the costs and outcomes of advocacy provided to parents with learning disabilities at risk of having their children taken into care. It said that the potential cost

Turning Point Scotland service impresses inspectors

By Iain MacDonald12th June 2014News Scotland

A housing support service in Perth and Kinross has received top marks from Scotland’s social care regulator after an unannounced inspection. Inspectors gave Turning Point Scotland’s Perth and Kinross service

Report: Learning Disabilities Census, England – Further analysis

By Iain MacDonald29th April 2014Reports & Resources

This report presents further findings from the 2013 Learning Disabilities Census, following an initial report published on the 13 December 2013. The principal aim of the Census was to deliver

Citizenship of young people with learning disabilities

By Iain MacDonald17th March 2014Reports & Resources

Young people with learning disabilities have occupied a marginalised position within discussions around the transition from childhood to adulthood and this is reflected in their absence from the mainstream literature

Carer jailed for theft from man with learning difficulties

By Iain MacDonald14th March 2014News Wales

A Welsh carer who plundered the bank account of a vulnerable man she was supposed to be looking after has been jailed. Laura Jane Nichols, aged 26, admitted stealing £10,000

Council in U-turn on plans to close Asperger’s team

By Iain MacDonald18th February 2014News England

Nottinghamshire County Council has reversed plans to cut its Asperger’s team after an outcry from the public. The U-turn means the authority will continue to provide the service, which helps

Tag: Learning Disabilities

Labour calls for two-year deadline on learning disabilities units

Report: Social climate in learning disability services

Three staff suspended from MacIntyre learning disability school

NI Learning Disability charity in court over proposed eviction

Report: Value of advocacy services for parents with learning disabilities

Turning Point Scotland service impresses inspectors

Report: Learning Disabilities Census, England – Further analysis

Citizenship of young people with learning disabilities

Carer jailed for theft from man with learning difficulties

Council in U-turn on plans to close Asperger’s team

Urgent need for training to spot and act on sex abuse within families, review finds

Body-in-garden trial told three-year-old died after parents’ ‘breathtaking’ cruelty

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Tag: Learning Disabilities

Labour calls for two-year deadline on learning disabilities units

Report: Social climate in learning disability services

Three staff suspended from MacIntyre learning disability school

NI Learning Disability charity in court over proposed eviction

Report: Value of advocacy services for parents with learning disabilities

Turning Point Scotland service impresses inspectors

Report: Learning Disabilities Census, England – Further analysis

Citizenship of young people with learning disabilities

Carer jailed for theft from man with learning difficulties

Council in U-turn on plans to close Asperger’s team