July 2016

The McArthurGlen East Midlands Designer Outlet has opened a new Changing Places toilet at the centre, following customer feedback regarding the existing facilities.
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NHS England’s national sight testing and funding system is letting down the one million people with learning disabilities in England and requires an urgent overhaul, according to an eye care charity.
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The decision to allow the chief executive of Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust to keep her job, despite condemnation of the trust for its failure to investigate the deaths of people with learning disabilities and mental health issues,…
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In this guest post, Brandon Trust’s Lucy Hurst-Brown wonders whether the model of care and support for people with learning disabilities in the past 20 years has been got wrong and a new one is needed.
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A new national clinical guideline for Scotland has been published, which makes recommendations for effective assessment, diagnosis and interventions for autism spectrum disorders (ASD). The guideline’s recommendations reflect the growing…
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