July 2011

The government has revealed plans to make it easier for people with learning disabilities to employ personal assistants (PAs) 'A Framework for Personal Assistants' offers universal support for people with care needs as well as the PAs they…
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Care industry regulator the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has revealed it is seriously concerned about 4 services for people with learning disabilities run by Castlebeck, and that a further 7 do not fully comply with essential standards of…
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About half of adults with a learning disability received an annual health check with their GP in the past year, a rise of 8% year-on-year, new figures have revealed. But there is much room to improve on this, an expert has warned.
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Disability organisations have criticised the government saying that its communications regarding benefit claimants and people found fit for work do not accurately reflect the experiences of disabled people. 
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The Panorama programme on Winterbourne View was broadcast nearly 2 months ago now. Amid much outcry, investigations have begun, with the talk of such things never being allowed to happen again. But since then, on the ground, has anything…
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Care services improvement charity the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has launched new elearning resources and a briefing on the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS).  
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The needs of people with learning disabilities in prison may be better met with professional assessment and treatment in a specialist facility that provides services for patients with complex difficulties, including autism or Asperger’s…
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The National Autistic Society (NAS) has presented a 10,000-strong petition to Parliament calling upon the Government to address the failings in the current system of inspection of adult care services.
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Ever since the Welfare Reform Bill was announced in February people have been concerned that those living in residential care will lose their independence if, as the government plans, the mobility component of disability living allowance…
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An independent review into how the personal mobility needs of people living in state-funded residential care are met has been launched.
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