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- Mencap welcomes Health Select Committee report
Learning disability charity Mencap has welcomed the findings of the Health Select Committee’s review of public expenditure in health and social care and its emphasis on the importance of implementing a new social care system. The Health Select Com...
- Autism can be seen in babies, research claims
Measuring brain activity in babies as young as 6 months could help to determine if they will develop autism in the future, research has found. Scientists at the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck, University of London, writing in t...
- Brain scan offers dyslexia hope
Scientists in the US believe a simple brain scan could detect dyslexia in youngsters – before they even start learning to read. Currently, a diagnosis of dyslexia isn’t made until the age of 7 or 8, yet experts at the Laboratories of Cognitive...
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Learning the Lessons from Winterbourne View
The recent Panorama programme about the abuse of people with learning disabilities at a private hospital (Winterbourne View) has reignited the debate about institutional care, and raised public awareness and concern about the treatment of some of our most vulnerable citizens.
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Rob Greig talks about the work being carried out by the National Development Team.
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- Continuing concerns over learning disability residential care
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has continued it’s drip-feed of inspection reports into learning disability residential services, with another 12 released today. Disappointingly, only 4 facilities were found to be fully compliant with the required ...
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Learning disabilities and commissioning services. How can commissioners be more innovative in the way they commission services for people with LD in light of personalisation agenda and spending cuts?
Housing – independent and supported living. What is available to people with learning disabilities and the positive effect that moving into their own accommodation can have on their and their families’ lives. Also in relation to government cuts and how this can be negotiated.
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