April 2012

An NHS trust that provides learning disability services across Rotherham, Doncaster and North Lincolnshire has developed a training package for services users to help them recognise and report different types of abuse.
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The nursing workforce will have to adapt in order to provide the required level of expert care to the rising number of people with learning disabilities, a report has concluded.
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A former inspector at care regulator the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has been arrested over allegations that care home managers were being offered favourable inspection reports in return for cash payments.
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With the Care Quality Commission (CQC) nearing the end of its inspection programme of residential units for people with learning disabilities, and the trial of those accused of abuse at Winterbourne View coming up, are we getting closer to…
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Care regulator the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has released 36 more reports into standards at learning disability residential care facilities and found only 7 to be fully compliant with the 2 standards it was investigating.
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Assistive technologies in smart phones and tablets such as text-to-speech should be considered for funding support for students with special educational needs (SEN), according to industry experts.
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A new resource has been launched to help parents of adult children with learning disabilities who feel that they are not being appropriately consulted about the welfare of their loved ones.
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Learning disability services provider Voyage Care has acquired Solor Care, which provides personalised support and care for people with complex needs. All 92 Solor Care homes will become part of Voyage, taking the total number of homes the…
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A new service has been launched in Bedfordshire and Luton to help adults with learning disabilities to access mainstream healthcare.
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Classic Disney animation Beauty and the Beast is to be the next Autism Friendly Film, support provider Dimensions and cinema chain ODEON have announced.
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