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Today the Care Quality Commission (CQC) have published their report about the review of ‘do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation’ (DNAR)decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read more “CQC publish review of DNAR during Covid 19: ‘Protect, respect, connect’”A conversation between Shaun Webster and Gary Bourlet
Last week saw the end of the Learning Disability England Virtual 2021 Conference.
It was amazing to hear from so many inspirational self-advocates .
In January of 2021, The Care Quality Commission (CQC) released a Strategy consultation
You can find the easy read version of that online here
Learning Disability England and Housing LIN are working together to make 2 guides.
This project is supported by NHS England.
Everyone was so pleased to hear last week that all people with a learning disability who are on a GP register can now receive the Covid-19 vaccine under priority group 6. Read more on that here.
Learning Disability England is working in partnership with Good Things Foundation and AbilityNet, VODG and other disability and digital inclusion organisations and community partners, to help people with learning disabilities get online.
This Digital Lifeline project is looking for organisations operating in England that support people with learning disabilities, including self-advocacy groups, community-based organisations to apply to help deliver the project.
We are pleased people in group 6 of the JCVI phase one list are now being invited to have their first Covid vaccine.
Learning Disability England members and partners, and the wider learning disability community, have been campaigning for some time for all people with learning disabilities to be made a priority for the Covid-19 vaccine.
Guest blog by Alison Giraud-Saunders, Learning Disability England’s volunteer representative on the CHC Alliance and the NHS CHC national stakeholder group
