Supporting People Growing Older with a Learning Disability

A Quick Guide to Person-Centred Future Planning Source: NICE As people change and grow older, it is important to plan for their future and a person-centred future plan will reflect their changing needs. The NICE quick guide (Linked below) sets out why it is important...

The new Hospital Prevention Project

A message for learning disability services Dear learning disability service provider, Please find below a message from Louise Jenkins, Strategic Liaison Nurse for Secondary and Tertiary Care, regarding the new Hospital Prevention Project. I am emailing to tell you...

‘Registering the right support’ CQC guidance

Source: CQC Since the BBC Panorama programme in 2011, which exposed the abuse of people at Winterbourne View hospital, there has been increased scrutiny of how the health and social care needs of people with a learning disability are being met. Numerous strategies,...