Life for people with learning disabilities through the pandemic: what have the first wave findings told us?
Blog by Gary Bourlet, Membership and Engagement Lead and self advocate
Latest News
IMPACT Centre launch
A new Centre called the IMPACT (Improving Adult Care Together) Centre has been launched today.
Coronavirus and people with learning disabilities research – Wave 1 findings
What is life really like for people with learning disabilities during the pandemic?
Launch of LeDeR policy: Learning from Lives and Deaths
NHS England and NHS Improvement has published a new LeDeR Policy this week.
Sleep Ins: the Supreme Court Judgement
The Supreme Court has published its judgements about Sleep-Ins and pay.
Self-advocacy for people with profound and multiple learning disabilities
Guest blog from Jan Walmsley on encouraging people with profound and multiple learning disabilities to be more involved in self-advocacy.
CQC publish review of DNAR during Covid 19: ‘Protect, respect, connect’
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’”Speaking out and having a learning disability
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 .
CQC Strategy Consultation – Learning Disability England Response
In January of 2021, The Care Quality Commission (CQC) released a Strategy consultation
You can find the easy read version of that online here
Choosing and finding where to live: A How to Guide – Can you help?
Learning Disability England and Housing LIN are working together to make 2 guides.
This project is supported by NHS England.