Scrapping vital NHS targets for people with a learning disability “is a dangerous step backwards and could have serious ...

For many RNLD’s in general practice, annual health checks are core to the care they offer. However, only just over a quarter ...

The health secretary has written to GPs to encourage practices to make full use of additional income provided for ensuring learning disability registers are up to date and carrying out annual health ...

A letter from the secretary of state for health and social care, Wes Streeting MP, and Mencap has been sent to all GPs in England. The letter emphasises the importance of learning disability registers ...

NHS England must do more to meet the needs of people with learning disabilities when they are treated in hospital, the patient safety body said. The Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) ...

Today I got a text message from my general practice saying, ‘This is a reminder you are due your NHS Health Check’ with a link to the NHS site ...

A candidate for next year’s Scottish Parliament election has slammed the Scottish Government inaction as adults with learning disabilities were left without vital health checks North Lanarkshire ...

It comes as the Government's new Mental Health Bill, which seeks to improve conditions for people with learning disabilities and autism, is going through final stages in Parliament. New statistics ...