Debate LeDeR: are we actually learning anything? Alison Bloomer Sep 4, 2025 The latest LeDeR report found that the rate for adults with a learning disability who died in 2023 from a…
Lived experience Government confirms LeDeR will be published in September Alison Bloomer Aug 22, 2025 Minister for Care, Stephen Kinnock confirms that the Learning from Lives and Deaths: people with a learning…
Carers Bereaved families demand answers on LeDeR report delay Alison Bloomer Jul 22, 2025 A group of disability campaigner and bereaved families have sent a joint letter to Wes Streeting asking when the…
Debate Learning Disability Week: the real issues we should be talking about Alison Bloomer Jun 20, 2025 Learning Disability Week is good time to reflect on the more serious issues impacting the lives of people with a…
Debate Why is there a lack of preventive healthcare for people with a learning… Alison Bloomer Mar 13, 2024 A health thinktank has published a damning report highlighting how people with a learning disability are missing…
Health LeDeR report 2022: Four in 10 deaths of people with a learning disability were… Lauren Nicolle Nov 30, 2023 Of the 3,648 people with a learning disability who died in 2022, four in 10 deaths could have been avoided,…
Health Why aren’t we preventing the preventable deaths? Alison Bloomer Jun 16, 2021 The annual report from the Learning Disabilities Mortality Review found that people with a learning disability are…
News LeDer report: government ‘not responsible’ for addressing premature… LDT Editor Feb 13, 2020 "We can’t tell local councils how they should run their social care," says the government in its long-awaited…
Health Ongoing avoidable deaths “appalling, wrong, prejudicial” LDT Editor May 22, 2019 19 reviews found that the term ‘learning disabilities’ or ‘Down’s syndrome’ was given as the reason for ‘Do Not…
Family What may lie ahead in 2016 for people with learning disabilities? Dan Parton Jan 22, 2016 With the turn of another year, it is time to look ahead to what might happen in the next 12 months, although I…