Specialist services

The Department for Education has launched a new guide aimed at explaining how the system that supports children and…

Eye health and vision problems in people with learning disabilities are often not diagnosed. Katrina Venerus of the…

Sir Stephen Bubb, chief executive of charity leaders’ network ACEVO, has been asked by NHS England to head a new…

Children and young people in Hounslow aged between 5 and 17 with learning disabilities and significant mental…

In this guest blog, written for the #JusticeforLB and #107days campaign, Marianne Selby-Boothroyd writes about her…

A network that brings together organisations that share a common vision to minimise coercive or restrictive…

The majority of people with learning disabilities living in hospital-style institutions are regularly given…

Learning disabilities charities Langdon and Kisharon have taken over the running of Jweb, a specialist website for…

A damning inspection report by the Care Quality Commission has found an assessment and treatment service that met…

Last week, a website launched that celebrated the successes of one-page profiles. In this guest blog, Steve Scown,…

Financial pressures are mounting for many charities working with people with learning disabilities, which is…

How can we ensure people with learning disabilities get a life, not a service? asks Ruth Gorman from Imagine, Act,…

Support providers need to focus not just on people with learning disabilities, but their families as well, says…

Supporting learning disability patients throughout their hospital journey is the main aim of new developments…

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