National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Learning disability: behaviour that challenges

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] ...
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Learning disability: care and support of people growing older

Performing certain tasks, doing things that used to be easy or maintaining links with the community and other people may become more difficult as people with a learning disability grow older. Care and ...
Nursing Times

Learning disabilities: making reasonable adjustments in hospital

Being in hospital can be difficult for anybody, but it is particularly challenging for people who have a learning disability. Compared with the general population, this patient group is more likely to ...
BBC

Call for urgent action to prevent learning disability deaths

People with learning disabilities are still dying 25 years earlier than the rest of the population, a report has said. The Learning Disabilities Mortality Review (LeDeR) calls for urgent action to ...