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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) and the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have released figures regarding the number of deaths of people with learning disabilities between 10th April and 15th May of this year.
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New research has found that autistic people are likely to experience post-traumatic symptoms - PTSD - after events that would not "count" as traumatic in some current diagnostic systems. 
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The Coronavirus 'lockdown' has meant that many people with learning disabilities lose vital social support.
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The Covid-19 pandemic has brought a myriad of changes that impact people with learning disabilities and/or autism. Here's a round up of some of the changes...
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In this Learning Disability Today survey, 100 learning disabled and autistic service users share their vision of the care they’d like to receive.
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Paid and unpaid carer sickness, stringent self-isolation measures, and increased personal caring commitments make for a depleting social care workforce. Here's what the Care Act easements under the Coronavirus Act 2020 means...
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The Social Care Funding and Workforce inquiry will not examine wider questions relating to social care such as financial eligibility or how to raise extra funds for social care.
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SEND provisions are coming under increased financial pressure. But could implementing case management technology help make it more efficient?
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St Andrew's Healthcare has plans to reduce the numbers of patients in its Child and Adolescence Mental Health Service (CAMHS) units by more than two thirds.
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The Family Carer Support Service, delivered by the national charity, offers free support to any family carer in England who has a relative with a learning disability or autism.
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