March 2022

Get Yourself Active at Disability Rights UK and the Centre for Ageing Better have launched Picture Yourself Active, which is a new, publicly accessible image library of over 300 photos depicting older and disabled people getting active to…
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The government has this week published the long-awaited results of its special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) review along with a green paper setting out a vision for a single, national SEND and alternative provision system. This…
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Bournemouth University (BU) has created a Mental Capacity Toolkit to support health and social care professionals working with individuals whose decision-making capacity is impaired, such as those with learning disabilities.
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A care home in Liverpool for people with learning disabilities, autism and mental health needs has been rated inadequate and placed in special measures following an inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
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Many UK companies have barely begun to embed real change on areas such as sexual orientation, race and disability representation, according to the McKenzie-Delis Review.
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More research is needed on the provision of unscheduled healthcare for children with a learning disability as a means of monitoring quality of healthcare and addressing observed inequities. 
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Today, the government has announced a £2.5 million funding package which will support disabled people to travel more confidently on public transport.
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More than 500 Changing Places toilets will be built in England, giving thousands of severely disabled people the chance to visit their local area and travel the country "with dignity and freedom".
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None of the recommendations made by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) have been fully achieved since their last restraint, segregation, and seclusion review, a progress report has found.
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The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a new comprehensive quality standard designed to improve the diagnosis and assessment of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD).
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