Dan Parton is an experienced journalist, having written about pretty much everything and anything during the past 20 years - from movies to trucks to tech. He is former editor of Learning Disability Today.
If the Learning Disability Coalition's (LDC) new report is to be believed, nearly half of people with learning disabilities who receive social care services have had their support cut or charges for it increased in the past year. Proof, for… Read More...
Today, a group of 46 charities and service providers have written an open letter to Government calling for additional funding for social care to be included in the forthcoming White Paper. Read More...
About half of adults with a learning disability received an annual health check with their GP in the past year, a rise of 8% year-on-year, new figures have revealed. But there is much room to improve on this, an expert has warned. Read More...