September 2011

A project to help young people with learning disabilities in South Wales make the transition from education to employment has received a funding boost from the EU.
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Health professionals need to work more closely with mental health, social care, education and voluntary services to ensure that children and young people with possible autism, as well as their parents or carers, receive the appropriate care…
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Last Friday, one of the most excluded groups in society – people with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) – took centre stage at an event at City Hall in London.
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Urgent government action is needed to address the rising problem of a shortage of suitable housing for adults with learning disabilities, Mencap has warned.
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The government has launched a ‘listening exercise’ this week on the future of adult social care and learning disabilities. But will they actually take any notice of what they hear? I doubt it.
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Many peers in the House of Lords believe a specialist body should handle the commissioning of services for people with a learning disability and other complex needs – going against government proposals.
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People with learning disabilities who allegedly suffered abuse while in the care of the former Cornwall Partnership NHS Trust are to receive about £8 million in compensation following a High Court ruling.
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Four Leicestershire police officers have been cleared of misconduct over failings in the Fiona Pilkington case. She killed herself and her daughter, Francecca Hardwick, who had learning disabilities, after suffering years of hate crime.
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People with learning disabilities and their families and carers have less than a month to submit evidence to Lord Low's independent review into how the personal mobility needs of people claiming disability living allowance (DLA) and living…
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Learning disability residential care home provider Castlebeck has appointed 2 organisations to provide independent advocacy services to its residents.
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