Learning Disability Today - Supporting professionals working in learning disability and autism services

New reforms to the Mental Health Act will ensure that people with a learning disability and autistic people with no co-occurring mental health conditions can only be detained for up to 28 days.
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Eight in 10 (81%) councils are on course to overspend adult social care budgets in the current financial year, according to a new survey of local authorities. 
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The Health and Social Care Committee has launched an inquiry looking at who will bear the costs of not reforming adult social care. 
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Guideposts Trust has launched a new skills academy with nationally approved Life Skills qualifications aimed specifically at adults with learning disabilities.
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Unpaid carers are receiving significantly less government-funded support than they were five years ago, according to new NHS data.
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Today, the Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced the government’s Autumn Budget which she says aims to restore stability to public finances, protect working people, fix our NHS, and rebuild Britain.
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There is a ‘major lack of consistency’ in the service provision for people with epilepsy and learning disability in England, according to new research published in BJPsych Open.
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Two landmark reports have been published in recent weeks analysing the operational effectiveness of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and its Single Assessment Framework (SAF). This article discusses some of the ideas put forward by…
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People with a learning disability were ‘written off’ during the pandemic, with many refused lifesaving care simply because of their disability, according to new evidence shared by Mencap at the Covid Inquiry.
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Autism charities are calling for urgent action as the CQC State of Care report showed scandalous gaps in care.
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