safeguarding

Oliver McGowan died after being given antipsychotic medicine against his and his family's wishes. His mother speaks exclusively to LDT. 

Toolkit for accommodating neurodivergent workers is created for employers.

The use of legislation to safeguard people who lack the capacity to make their own decisions has continued to rise over the past year, including a 15% rise in guardianship orders, new figures have revealed.

NHS England has today promised rapid and sustained action to tackle the over-prescribing of psychotropic drugs to people with learning disabilities after three separate reports highlighted the need for change.

New resources have been launched that aim to aid professionals when they are making deprivation of liberty decisions.

Applications for use of the deprivation of liberty safeguards have soared, from about 13,000 a year to around 55,000 in the first two quarters of 2014/15, figures from the Care Quality Commission have revealed.

Learning disability charity Mencap has called for an independent investigation into the unexpected death of Nico Reed.

A Serious Case Review carried out after the murder of a vulnerable young man in Stockport, for which two people were sentenced to life in prison, and further three convicted of conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm. [17-Sep-2012]

A report on research carried out by the Looking Into Abuse research team at the university of Glamorgan. [14-Mar-2013]

This year's Learning Disability Today London event took place on 27 November and saw a full day of seminars on the theme of Living Well. The keynote address was delivered by Shadow Care and Older People Minister Liz Kendall.
In it she called for reform of the social care system to give people with learning disabilities and their families greater power over the support and services they use.
Watch a ‘teaser’ video of her talk below, while full highlights of this talk and PowerPoint presentations from 12 of the day's leading talks are available if you are a member of our LDT Knowledge Hub.