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 ...
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 ...
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) ...
The latest LeDeR report found that nearly four in 10 deaths of people with a learning disability in 2023 were ‘avoidable’.
ITV News has highlighted the scandal, hearing from people with learning disabilities and their families who say their health concerns were dismissed or not taken seriously by authorities, as ITV News ...