February 2022

The UK Parliament Education and Engagement team have launched a free online workshop, allowing students to use their senses to explore Parliament, find out who works there and what they do.
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The government has published a new White Paper which aims to better integrate the NHS and adult social care sector, bringing the health service and local government closer together to improve patient care.
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The Local Government Association (LGA) has collated a range of resources to help councils transform the local housing offer for people with a learning disability or autistic people.
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Recorded on 10 February 2022, presented by Alexis Quinn, Dr Jeremy Tudway and Max Green. This webinar explains how communication is key to providing good care to people with a learning disability and/or autism.
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The Covid-19 legal isolation rules for England look set to be replaced by new guidance as part of a government 'Living with Covid' strategy.
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A deaf-led theatre company, D-Live!, is giving deaf students a chance to share their experiences of the pandemic through a new theatre project.
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A survey of more than 1,550 unpaid carers in the UK provides alarming evidence of a “deep-rooted failure” by successive governments to understand and support unpaid carers, according to Carers Trust.
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Channel 4 has become the first broadcaster to have an entire presenting team who are disabled for the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games.
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Mothers with learning disabilities should be offered tailored support with infant feeding, including accessible resources, according to new research.
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The government has set out a new blueprint to tackle the Covid-19 care backlog with campaigners calling for hospital trusts to prioritise people with a learning disability for elective treatment.
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