April 2012

Care regulator the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has warned a Somerset residential care home for people with learning disabilities to improve or potentially face legal action after it was found to be failing to meet essential standards.
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The General Medical Council (GMC) poll last week, which found that people with learning disabilities still experience discrimination in the healthcare system, came as little surprise. While there are moves to address this, more is needed if…
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Two more people have admitted abuse charges relating to the former Winterbourne View learning disability residential hospital. Kelvin Fore and Neil Ferguson pleaded guilty to abusing the same patient in March 2011.
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Five carers at a day centre for people with learning disabilities in Cornwall have been arrested over alleged neglect.
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A learning disability residential care home worker has been jailed for 16 months after being convicted of abusing a resident.
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A free event for schoolchildren with autism is to be held in 60 cinemas nationwide later this month.
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The Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities (FPLD) has launched an easier-read resource for people with learning disabilities about what they should expect from the NHS.
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Most doctors believe that people with a learning disability receive poorer care than rest of the population, according to a poll commissioned by the General Medical Council (GMC).
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Women with Type 2 diabetes, or those who are obese during pregnancy, risk having a child with autism or other developmental disorders a new study has found.
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So far, 2012 has not been a good news year for people withlearning disabilities. Such things as the continuing Care QualityCommission reports on residential facilities failing to meetessential standards and cuts to social care funding…
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