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Hertfordshire Learning Disability COVID-19 review – candidates needed

by admin | 16/02/2022 | covid-19, HCC, LD

If you support a young adult with learning disabilities or are an unpaid carer of young people with learning disabilities then you may be able to help. In 2021 the Learning Disability co-production board asked Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) to find out about the...

ACS Learning Disability Training

by admin | 02/02/2022 | LD, webinar

ACS are running several virtual learning disability training webinars. These include: Introduction to learning disabilities Health care needs of people with learning disabilities Supporting older people with learning disabilities How to book To request a place...

LeDeR update: Learning from Lives and Deaths Programme

by admin | 19/01/2022 | LD, Mental Health

The new Learning from Lives and Deaths LeDeR policy (2021) introduced reviewing the deaths of autistic people without a learning disability for the first time. The LeDeR online notification system has now been updated, and deaths of adults with a clinical diagnosis of...

NICE resources to help support autistic people

by admin | 06/01/2022 | Autism, LD, NICE

Quick guide: enabling positive lives for autistic adults. Quick guide: assessment and diagnosis of autism, what to expect. Webinar: supporting adults with learning disabilities and/or autistic...

Booster vaccine provides 88% protection against the Omicron variant

by admin | 06/01/2022 | covid-19, LD, Mental Health, vaccinations

According to the UKHSA hospitalisation from vaccines is good against the Omicron variant. What they found: • One dose of any vaccine was associated with a 35% reduced risk of hospitalisation among symptomatic cases with the Omicron variant. • Two doses with a...

New Rules to share with people who use services

by admin | 03/06/2020 | LD

Hi, . The coronavirus means we all are having to change our routines to keep ourselves and everyone else safe from becoming ill. . This can be very confusing, so we will send you emails with links to easyread information that the government and the NHS are...