Health inequalities

Assistive technology has the potential to help many people with learning disabilities to live more independently –…

People with a learning disability are still not being treated equally in healthcare or criminal justice settings in…

Hospital patients with learning disabilities face longer waits and mismanaged treatment due to a failure to…

People with learning disabilities die on average 16 years earlier than their non-disabled peers, but to tackle this…

While last year’s Paralympics had a lasting positive effect on the public’s views of people with learning…

The government published its response to the Confidential Inquiry into premature deaths of people with learning…

A man with learning disabilities addressed a Parliamentary group recently to talk about the importance of…

Last week, the Scottish Government unveiled its new learning disability strategy, making some 50 recommendations to…

With clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) taking over commissioning of local health services, now is the time to…

People with learning disabilities die, on average, 16 years before their counterparts without a disability, and…

Mencap's David Congdon talks about the launch of the charity's campaign against disability hate crime, Stand By Me,…