Statement 1 Local authorities and clinical commissioning groups jointly choose a lead person to oversee strategic commissioning of services for all people with a learning disability. [new 2019] ...

Healthcare staff providing care for people with a learning disability often deliver intimate personal care and have access to confidential information about vulnerable clients. Awareness of ...

This section of our curriculum guide refers to statement 14, Care of People with Learning Disabilities, produced by the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP). Patients with learning ...

For a person to live well with dementia they need a range of appropriate treatments, support and activities. A person with a learning disability and dementia may see a psychiatrist specialising in ...

If they do find a partner, it can be logistically difficult to sustain the relationship and they can face judgement from ...

A study investigated uptake of health promotion initiatives among people with learning disabilities; results were varied, revealing that further work is needed to explore factors limiting access.

As a teacher, you want all of your students to reach their academic potential. However, not everyone learns at the same pace or in the same way. That means you need to be prepared to provide ...

Some families of people with learning disabilities are living a "nightmare each and every day". That is according to evidence in a new study from Ulster University (UU) into the impact of Covid-19 on ...

People with learning disabilities and autism in England are dying almost 20 years younger than the rest of the population, a long-awaited report has said. The annual mortality review commissioned by ...