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Britain's leading learning disability swimmers have followed a hugely successful first-ever Commonwealth Games with three medals on the first day of the IPC European Swimming Championships in Eindhoven.
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A steering group set up by NHS England to develop recommendations for the establishment of a national framework for local commissioning of community-based support for people with learning disabilities will complete its work by the end of…
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The chief executive of Down’s Syndrome UK has expressed her shock and sadness about the case in Australia of a baby with Down’s syndrome being abandoned by her adoptive parents, apparently because of his disability.
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A woman from Swansea with autism is to be moved to a specialist unit in Brighton after a judge upheld the decision of the local health board.
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The Law Commission has launched a 3-year project to consider how deprivation of liberty should be authorised and supervised in settings other than hospitals and care homes.
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Two men with learning disabilities opened the markets at the London Stock Exchange on July 30 to celebrate the success of the first ever charity retail bond to be listed on it.
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What is the extent of the inequalities that people with learning disabilities face in primary healthcare settings? Claire Bates, a quality analyst at support provider Choice Support, investigates.
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A survey of GPs has overwhelmingly called for mandatory training in learning disabilities for health professionals – now it just has to happen.
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Care regulator the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has opened a consultation on its draft guidance on how health and adult social care providers and services in England can meet the government’s new regulations on care and what actions it…
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People with learning disabilities have competed in the Commonwealth Games and taken part in the pre-event Queen's Baton relay over the past week.
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