Learning disability features

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has launched a new acute care toolkit to help address the suboptimal care provision for people who have a learning disability.

Learning Disability England and its representative body members have expressed concerns that the new Bill of Rights will remove some protection from people with a learning disability.

Education providers should ensure that restraint is only used as a last resort, to prevent harm, with the minimum necessary force, and for the minimum necessary time, according to new draft guidance from the Scottish government.