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Four members of staff at the Rose Villa learning disability residential care home in Bristol have been suspended over allegations of misconduct.
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Learning disability charity Hft has teamed up with Hamara, an ethnic minority organisation in the voluntary and community sector in Leeds, to launch a friendship service for adults with learning disabilities in the Asian communities across…
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Independent care home operator Four Seasons Health Care has acquired Care Principles, which provides care, treatment and rehabilitation for people with learning disabilities or specialist mental health needs.
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Arts lovers in Brighton and Hove were treated to an evening of music, drama and dance recently at a festival featuring performers with learning disabilities.
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The government should replace institutional services for people with learning disabilities with community-based supported living services, which are more effective, safer and cheaper, a campaigning body has claimed.
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The Great Britain team is celebrating a golden time in Athens at the Special Olympics, after winning 187 medals, including 72 golds.
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The Commission on Funding of Care and Support has delivered its final report, outlining a vision for social care that includes limits to the amounts people will pay towards residential care, retains universal benefits and introduces…
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The government could face a legal challenge to its plans to cut disability benefits by £2 billion. Disability Alliance, a coalition of some 250 disability charities and organisations, and law firm Unity Law have issued a 'letter of claim'…
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The finalists of a national art competition, which showcases the creativity of young people with an autistic spectrum disorder (ASD), have been announced. The competition, Create! Art for Autism, was open to all young people aged 11-25 with…
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People with learning disabilities are being denied the opportunity to express their opinions on changes to benefit entitlement, social care expert Paul Moore has claimed.
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