Debate

The Government has announced a £12 billion per year package of health and social care reform that many have called a 'positive step forward' but one that is unlikely to 'fix' social care or tackle the NHS pandemic backlog.

In the supported accommodation and residential care sector, advanced technology is proving its potential to improve lives while alleviating the pressure on resources. 

Various studies have researched rates of autism in males compared to females, with the most recent data estimating that autism is at least three times as common in boys than it is in girls.

The Work and Pensions Select Committee have today (30th July) released their report on the disability employment gap. The report calls for a “radical overhaul” and a new ambitious target to eliminate employment barriers that disabled people face.

The Health and Social Care Select Committee’s recent report on the treatment of autistic people and people with a learning disability was right to describe the inpatient experience as “shocking”. Steve Scown from Dimensions looks at what progress needs to happen now.

The Government has published its National Autism Strategy for autistic children, young people and adults for the next five years. By the end of the strategy, it wants to demonstrate that it has transformed autistic people and their families’ lives.

The Health and Social Care Committee have published their long-awaited report which scrutinises the treatment of autistic people and people with learning disabilities in inpatient units. 

Physiotherapists are crucial in helping enhance, optimise and maintain the physical presentation, function and quality of life of people with a learning disability, but how have the past 18 months impacted on services and at what cost?

The Royal College of Nursing’s (RCN) report, Connecting for Change, highlights the chronic shortage of learning disability nurses and how this shortage is a contributing factor to the unnecessary, premature deaths of people with learning disabilities.