Hospitals must do more to provide effective care for people with learning disabilities, the patient safety body has said. The Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) said the current system ...

(MENAFN- Pressat) NHS England has been working in collaboration with DanceSyndrome, a Lancashire-based charity with a mission to change the way that people think about learning disabilities, to launch ...

Plans announced last week to transfer commissioning powers for learning disability social care services from the NHS to local government could not have arrived at a better time. The proposal, outlined ...

New learning disability awareness training is being rolled out to all public-facing NHS staff across Wales in memory of patient Paul Ridd who died after receiving poor care while in hospital. The ...

People with learning disabilities and autism in England are dying almost 20 years younger than the rest of the population, a long-awaited report has said. The annual mortality review commissioned by ...

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NHS England is considering issuing a patient safety alert after finding up to 35,000 patients with learning disabilities are likely to be on unnecessary psychotropic medication. It has called an ...

Health bosses are urging people with learning disabilities or their carers to make sure they get a free flu jab - as new statistics show "almost a quarter" of avoidable deaths for those with learning ...

Network of learning disability experts urges NHS England group to shift focus of scheme to demand reduction An NHS England-commissioned steering group tasked with cutting inappropriate learning ...

A pioneering project to stop the over-medication of people with a learning disability or autism in North Yorkshire has been captured on camera to help others nationwide. Did you know with a Digital ...