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Learning disability charity MacIntyre scooped a £2,000 prize by winning the inaugural CareKnowledge Workforce Development Innovation Award for its ‘My Key’ staff self-assessment tool.
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Former students with learning disabilities at schools in Northern Ireland's North Eastern Education and Library Board have received certificates for completing an employment training programme.
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Care regulator the Care Quality Commission is to make checks on the implementation of the Mental Capacity Act a routine part of hospital and care home inspections.
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A scheme to alert the emergency services to a patient’s vital personal and medical information has been adapted to meet the needs of people with learning disabilities in Doncaster.
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A £30 million fund to support parents to navigate the new special educational needs process has been announced by Children and Families Minister Edward Timpson.
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A new package of guidance aimed at improving the standard of care that people with learning disabilities receive in hospital has been launched by the Welsh Government.
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A new service has opened that gives young people with learning disabilities the opportunity to live independently in the community in Weymouth.
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Editor Dan Parton looks back at some of the bigger news stories of the past year on the Learning Disability Today website.
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Hospital patients with learning disabilities face longer waits and mismanaged treatment due to a failure to understand them by nursing staff, a new report has claimed.
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Bill Mumford, chief executive of learning disability charity MacIntyre, has been named as the new lead on the Winterbourne View Joint Improvement Programme.
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