A report of a Health Service Ombudsman investigation into a complaint that a GP practice which did not give a young man with severe learning disabilities, behavioural problems and epilepsy, the medication he needed on the grounds of cost,… Read More...
The government’s decision to close the Independent Living Fund (ILF) did not break equality laws and was lawful, a High Court judge has ruled. Read More...
The second progress report on recommendations from the Health Service and Local Government Ombudsmen's report into deaths of people with learning disabilities. Read More...
A leading Premier League football club has moved to counter the trend of falling care services for people with learning disabilities by helping establish Enfield’s first purpose-built resource hub and sports centre for young people with… Read More...
A charity that supports people with learning disabilities, has called for political parties and the health and social care sector to meet the challenges set out in Sir Stephen Bubb's Winterbourne View report. Read More...
More than 70 people attended an event in Lancashire recently to celebrate the achievements of 44 people with learning disabilities who have made the first steps towards setting up their own business or community project. Read More...
Disability charity United Response has launched its 2015 accessible voting campaign, Every Vote Counts, which aims to get more people with learning disabilities to use their vote. Read More...