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.
Category: Learning Disabilities
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.
A fair, supportive society: summary report
University College London Institute of Health Equity, November 2018
NHS England commissioned report that highlights that some of the most vulnerable people in society – those with learning disabilities – will die 15-20 years sooner on average than the general population. Much of the government action needed to improve life expectancy for people with disabilities is likely to reduce health inequalities for everyone. The report recommends that action should focus on the ‘social determinants of health’, particularly addressing poverty, poor housing, discrimination and bullying.
Click here to view the full report.
Library bulletins – November 2018
This week’s Library bulletins are on Health and Wellbeing, Dementia, Suicide Prevention and Learning Disabilities.
Ask Listen Do: Making conversations count in health, social care and education: Tips for health, social care and education organisations and practitioners
NHS England, November 2018
This Ask Listen Do resource shares tips for health, social care and education organisations and practitioners with the aim of making feedback, concerns and complaints easier for people with a learning disability, autistic people, families and carers.
Click here to view the full report.
Library Mental Health Bulletins
This week’s Library bulletins are on Dementia, Learning Disabilities and Suicide Prevention.
The government response to the Learning Disabilities Mortality Review (LeDeR) Programme 2nd annual report
Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England, September 2018
Response that accepts the recommendations of The Learning Disabilities Mortality Review (LeDeR) Programme: Annual Report 2017 – University of Bristol Norah Fry Centre for Disability Studies and sets out a plan of action for each one. The actions will help address the inequality in life expectancy between people with learning disabilities and the wider population by ensuring that staff supporting people with a learning disability understand their needs and can make adjustments to the way care is provided, to help people reach their full potential.
Click here to view the full report.