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"We can’t tell local councils how they should run their social care," says the government in its long-awaited official response to the latest LeDeR report.
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Matt Hancock receives pre-action letter from Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) after "consistently failing patients with learning disabilities and autism".
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Over 2,000 people with learning disabilities or an autism diagnosis continue to live in hospital settings, which means the NHS is highlight unlikely to meet its Transforming Care targets.
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Research by charity Ambitious About Autism found 46% of parents report their child(ren) waited over 1.5 years from referral to receiving an autism diagnosis.
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Centre for Mental Health evidence review finds school seclusion, restraint and exclusion can increase trauma in children with mental health difficulties.
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Find out which pieces were the most-read in Learning Disability Today in 2019
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People with a learning disability are seven times as likely as their non-disabled peers to have loneliness, according to research from Mencap. 
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An inquiry condemns the “horrific reality” of conditions and treatment under which many young people with learning disabilities and autism are detained in mental health hospitals".
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Edel Harris will be the next Chief Executive Officer of Royal Mencap Society. She is currently CEO of Cornerstone, one of Scotland’s leading charities, which provides a range of services to people with learning disabilities, physical…
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Interview: Working with non-verbal patients proved fundamental for helping Dr Stephen Moss produce universal mental health diagnostic interview scripts.
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