August 2011

Proposed cuts to disability living allowance (DLA) could mean people with learning disabilities would not have enough money for basics like food and transport, a new survey has warned.
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Since last year, when the government announced its plans to replace disability living allowance (DLA) with the personal independent payment (PIP), claimants have been worried about the potential adverse effect the change could have on them.
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A new guide to sports and activities for people with learning disabilities in Bromley has been launched. 'Choosing Activity', launched by charitable services provider Avenues Trust Group, is an interactive sports and active lifestyle guide.
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Private sector learning disability hospitals have little incentive to change their policies to be more in line with government guidelines on providing individualised local services for people with complex needs, a report has found.
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Events this summer have posed some fundamental questions about learning disability services but, as yet, there have been few concrete answers.
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Education and training provision for young people with learning difficulties and/or disabilities is variable and does not always help them to gain employment or live independently, a report by Ofsted has claimed.
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The last long-stay NHS campus in Sandwell, West Midlands, is to close later this year, with work having begun on a new supported housing development in West Bromwich for people with learning disabilities.
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Learning disability care home 4 Seafarers Walk in Hayling Island in Hampshire has been found to be failing to meet 8 essential standards of care, according to a report by regulator the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
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Care home provider Castlebeck is to close its Arden Vale hospital in Meriden, Solihull, next week ahead of the conclusion of legal action by regulator the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
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The risk that a child with an older sibling with autism will also develop the condition is higher than previously thought, a US study has found.
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