Beautiful new work by Richard Hunt
Richard Hunt supported by Sonia Boue recently completed two mixed media pieces on board. Visit disabilityarts.online to read more about Richard and his work.
Read more “Beautiful new work by Richard Hunt”Stronger, Louder, Together!
Richard Hunt supported by Sonia Boue recently completed two mixed media pieces on board. Visit disabilityarts.online to read more about Richard and his work.
Read more “Beautiful new work by Richard Hunt”This is a guest blog from LDE member Robina Mallett. Robina is the Family Carer member of the Learning Disabilities Mortality Review programme’s national steering group.
Read more “Why are some people with a learning disability dying before they should?”Danny Tozer died on 22nd September 2015 after having a seizure in his bedroom in a shared house where he was supported by Mencap.
We wrote about this awful news and you can read our thoughts here. Our Co-Founder, Gary Bourlet, also wrote a response which you can read here.
Read more “LDE Letter to Mencap”Today the Care Quality Commission (CQC) released a report about the state of mental health services from 2014 to 2017.
The report found that although some mental health services have improved, there are still problems.
Read more “State of Mental Health: Plain English Summary”Lots of people are talking about sleep-ins and the National Minimum Wage at the moment. It is a very complicated issue.
We have written this plain English statement for our members.
Read more “Sleep-Ins and National Minimum Wage”Ian Shaw is a 34-year-old man who has autism and doesn’t use words to communicate.
Ian spent 9 years in secure hospitals before moving back into the community last year. His mum believed that ‘the secure units were the wrong places’ but they found it very difficult to get him out.
Read more “Why did Ian Shaw not get the healthcare he needed?”On 12th July Learning Disability England attended the launch of Quality Matters.
Quality Matters aims to bring the adult social care sector together to agree on what good quality social care looks like.
Read more “Quality Matters”This week Care Quality Commission (CQC) published a report that looks at the state of social care. We have written a summary for our members.
You can read the full report here.
Read more “#StateOfSocialCare”Here are the latest jobs that are available with our members.
Read more “Jobs with our Members”