Learning Disabilities Bulletin

from Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

all credit goes over to our co-workers at Mersey Care.

In this edition:

  • Depression and Anxiety Risk in Children With Intellectual Developmental Disorder
  • Independent review into mental health conditions, ADHD and autism: final report
  • No wrong door? A review
  • What is the sepsis Modern Service Framework?
  • What the new mental health, learning disability and autism dashboard tells us
  • How Parents of Special Needs Kids Can Balance Career and Caregiving
  • Plus much more

20 October 2026 – Evidently Better

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Learning Disabilities Bulletin

from Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

All credit for this bulletin goes to our co-workers over at Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.

In this edition:

  • Sleep Health in Adults with Intellectual Disability: Recent Advances and Persistent Evidence Gaps
  • Unpaid carers action plan: recognise, refer, reach (easy read)
  • Co-chair Response to Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s Labour Conference speech
  • “Healthy Lives Together” – Learning Disability Professional Senate Listen & Learn Event, 2026
  • Advocacy initiative for black children with Down’s Syndrome wins award
  • Mencap celebrates 80th birthday
  • Plus much more

7 October 2026 – Evidently Better

Some articles may require an Open Athens account which you can register for at OpenAthens | Registration

If you have any questions or need help don’t hesitate to get in touch with us at Academic.Library@lscft.nhs.uk

Or come to see us at The Gosall Library | Lantern Centre | Vicarage Lane | Preston | PR2 8DW

Learning Disabilities Bulletin

from Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

All credit for this bulletin goes to our co-workers over at Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.

In this edition:

  • Cancer prevention and screening for people with intellectual disabilities in Europe: a systematic review and recommendations for policy and practice
  • Developing Peer-Mentored Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Adolescents With Mild-To-Borderline Intellectual Disability and Anxiety: A Qualitative Study
  • ‘Let’s Just Hope for the Best’: A Photovoice Study Exploring the Impact of Covid-19 Restrictions on Children With Intellectual Disabilities in the UK
  • Plus much more

Some articles may require an Open Athens account which you can register for at OpenAthens | Registration

If you have any questions or need help don’t hesitate to get in touch with us at Academic.Library@lscft.nhs.uk

Or come to see us at The Gosall Library | Lantern Centre | Vicarage Lane | Preston | PR2 8DW

New Learning Disabilities Bulletin


Welcome to the new Learning Disabilities Bulletin!

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The latest Learning Disabilities Bulletin is ready for you to view at https://www.evidentlybetter.org/learning-disability/2026/07/1-july-2026-2/


In this edition:

  • Psychopathology from childhood to adolescence in children with and without Mild Intellectual Disability (MID): a comparison across three MID operationalizations
  • Muckamore Abbey Hospital Inquiry Report Published
  • Falling nurse numbers leave people with learning disabilities behind
  • Lived Experience of Pica: a parent and sister’s perspective
  • New three-year learning disabilities and autism plan to “transform” support
  • What four things are carers telling us about health and social care?
  • Plus much more

Latest Learning Disabilities Bulletin

Dear all,

Welcome to the new Learning Disabilities Bulletin!

To ensure that you continue to receive the appropriate bulletin(s) please complete this very brief form LD + ND Mailing lists – Fill in this form

The latest Learning Disabilities Bulletin is ready for you to view at https://www.evidentlybetter.org/learning-disability/2026/04/21-april-2026-3/


In this edition:

  • Factors Associated With Restraint Application in Children and Adolescents With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Displaying Severe Challenging Behavior
  • Mental Health Effects of Bullying in Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities: A Systematic Review
  • Minimum standards for keyworking services for autistic children and young people and children and young people with a learning disability
  • Working together with parents who have learning disabilities: the role of Adult Services
  • My journey through NHS Talking Therapies
  • Social care inequities hub launched by SCIE
  • Plus much more

Please let us know if there are other people who you think might benefit from receiving this bulletin.

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