Health inequality

The UK has among the longest waiting times for hospital-based care compared to other high-income countries,…

Ahead of the Learning Disability Today and Kingston University conference on 12th September, our chair Learning…

The number of learning disability nurses has dropped to ‘alarmingly’ low levels, according to the Royal College of…

This article summarises some key pieces of research in the learning disability and autism field over recent months.…

Autistic people with and without a learning disability have a reduced life expectancy compared to the general…

Disability charities have called for an end to the 'scandalous gaps' in the health and social care system as the…

People with a learning disability from ethnic minority backgrounds die at an average age of just 34, compared to an…

A panel of professionals, activists and people with lived experience recently joined the Women and Equalities…

Nearly a third (31%) of disabled people were persistently waiting for a hospital appointment, test or to start…

A collaborative approach to address health inequalities and transform the lives of people with learning…

The Inequalities in Health Alliance (IHA) has written to the health secretary Dr Thérèse Coffey insisting she…

People with a learning disability are dying 25 years younger than the general population and are three times more…

The Royal College of Nursing is demanding that the government urgently addresses the chronic shortage of learning…

Urgent attention is needed to address the health inequalities that people with a learning disability face in the…