Learning Disabilities Bulletin

from Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

All credit goes to our coworkers over at Mersey Care for making this bulletin.

In this edition:

  • Integrated Supports: Perspectives from Adults with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities
  • The effect of first aid training on first aid knowledge levels among parents of children with special needs
  • People with severe intellectual disability are dying 24 years younger than the general population
  • Insulin self-management leading to harm in people with learning disabilities
  • Missing from the learning disability register, missing from care
  • CAPBS publish new paper: The need to clearly distinguish and separate Physical Intervention training from Positive Behaviour Support training in the UK
  • Plus much more

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Lancashire Health Hub

Silver Award

We are pleased to announce that the Lancashire Health Hub was awarded the Silver Prize at the LIHNN Service Developments Awards last week. The Library team works in part of collaboration between the Lancashire Council and 4 other local NHS Trusts to educate professionals around health/digital literacy and ensure the public have a ‘one stop’ shop for reliable health related information. If you haven’t taken a look, please visit: Lancashire Health Hub | Health Information Lancashire. Our simply aim is to help the people of Lancashire find trusted health information with ease.

Health Information Week

Health Information Week is a national, multi-sector campaign promoting high-quality information for patients and the public

High quality health information can have a huge impact on people’s ability to stay healthy and manage illnesses effectively, giving them a better quality of life.

In response to these needs, Health Information Week 2021 runs from 5th to 11th July and focuses on the themes of:

  • Quality Marks
  • Health information for children and young people
  • Uplifting resources for the NHS from the NHS
  • Digital health
  • “Oh, I don’t know what to believe…”
  • Health information for everyone
  • Vaccines

Read more about today’s theme, Health information for children and young people