The normalisation of restrictive practices and and mismatch of accommodation were among issues identified in a review of care for adults with learning disabilities. The findings have been published in ...

The study revealed substantial problems in oral healthcare of people with mild learning disability after their resettlement into the community. Change from institutional living to community-based ...

Health services are struggling to deliver care reviews designed to make sure learning disabled people are not being inappropriately kept in hospital units, a group of MPs has warned. The public ...

Carers and family members of those with learning disabilities have been asked to share their views and experiences of the residential services available. Manx Mencap, which is running the survey, said ...

A leading learning disability nurse has been appointed by the Royal College of Nursing to help the body explore how it can best support learning disability nursing and address key challenges in the ...

People with learning disabilities face a “cliff-edge” of support as services are “severely underfunded”, the government has been warned. An open letter from the non-profit organisation Social Finance, ...

Two Teesside nurses have received national awards for their work at a ceremony in London. Sue Sargeant and Claire Donnelly were named Learning Disability Nurses of the Year at the British Journal of ...