The coronavirus and people with learning disabilities research latest findings for Wave 3 have now been published.

On Tuesday the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, made a statement about his plans for health and social care reform.

Learning Disability England is one of 21 partners across England who have joined together to launch Social Care Day of Remembrance and Reflection.

This week is Professional Care Workers Week (6th – 10th September).

The #BetterPay4SocialCare campaign is campaigning for the work support workers do to be better recognised and valued.

Last week the government published their National Disability Strategy.

You can read the strategy here

You can read the easy read version here

We know that people with higher support needs as well as their families have been some of the people most affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

The last week has seen several reports published about people with learning disabilities and autistic people.

On 19th July, the government announced that some clinically vulnerable young people aged 12-15 will now get access to the Covid vaccine.

The Learning Disability England Representative Body welcomes a new self advocate member, Mary Woodall.