Public Health England, August 2019
This report provides updates of national statistics about people with learning disabilities in England and the services and support available to them and their families.
Click here to access the full report.
Category: Learning Disabilities
Library bulletins
The Gosall Library, August 2019
This week’s Library bulletins are on Learning Disabilities and Dementia.
Library Bulletins – July 2019
The Gosall Library, July 2019
This week’s Library bulletins are on General Health, Learning Disabilities, Depression, and Suicide Prevention.
Library bulletins
The Gosall Library, July 2019
This week’s Library bulletins are on General Health, Learning Disabilities, Depression, and Suicide Prevention
Celebrate me: capturing the voices of learning disability nurses and people who use services
Foundation of Nursing Studies, June 2019
This initiative aimed to engage with nurses and people using services to gather evidence and demonstrate the impact of learning disability nursing, from experience, to help sustain its future. The outcomes from the extensive engagement have enabled us to highlight everything that there is to celebrate about learning disability nursing (the impact) and what needs to be championed for the future (to sustain it), from the voices of learning disability nurses and those of people with a learning disability and their families.
Click here to view the full report.
Far less than they deserve: children with learning disabilities or autism living in mental health hospitals
Children’s Commissioner, May 2019
This report finds that too many children are being admitted to secure hospitals unnecessarily – in some cases are spending months and years of their childhood in institutions rather than being treated in their communities. It warns that the current system of support for those with learning disabilities or autism is letting down some of the most vulnerable children in the country.
Click here to view the full report.
Oral care and people with learning disabilities
Public Health England, March 2019
This contains information about oral care and dental treatment for people with learning disabilities. It aims to help staff in dental teams to provide services that are accessible to people with learning disabilities. There is information about how learning disability staff can support this. It is also intended to be of use to family carers and paid supporters who help someone with their daily oral care and with accessing dental services.
Click here to view the guidance.
Love Life: resources for young people with learning disabilities
NSPCC, March 2019
These films and supporting resources are aimed at young people with a learning disability aged 11 to 25 to help them learn strategies for staying safe as they grow up and gain independence.
They enable adults to start conversations with young people about:
- feelings
- privacy and boundaries
- friendship
- different kinds of love
- online safety.
Click here to access the resource.
Library Mental Health Bulletins
LCFT Gosall Library, March 2019
This week’s Library bulletins are on Dementia and Learning Disabilities.
Library bulletins – January 2019
The Gosall Library, January 2019
This week’s Library bulletins are on Health and Wellbeing, Dementia, Depression, and Learning Disabilities.