Yesterday (22 June 2022) the new Bill of Rights had its first reading in the House of Commons. 

Learning Disability England members have been telling us how important these planned changes are to them.  

Guest blog by Alison Giraud-Saunders, Learning Disability England’s volunteer representative on the CHC Alliance and the NHS CHC national stakeholder group.

NHS Continuing Healthcare (NHS CHC for short) is funding from the NHS for a complete package of health and associated social care needs for an adult.

Voting for the Learning Disability England Representative Body (Rep Body) elections is now open.

Blog by Gary Bourlet, Membership and Engagement Lead and self advocate

It is over 20 years since Valuing People was published.

For the first time there was a strategy just for people with learning disabilities.

It gave us hope for a new future.

Blog by Gary Bourlet – who has been leading Learning Disability Pride for the past few years.

On 1 April 2022 the government lifted the last of the Covid restrictions as part of their Living with Covid Plan.

This is an update from Learning Disability England on the current guidance.

Local elections are planned to take place on Thursday 5 May.

These elections will be a chance for you to decide who runs local services like schools, care for the elderly and disabled and libraries.

Find out if there will be elections in your area here

Blog by Gary Bourlet, Membership and Engagement Lead and self advocate

I have been thinking a lot about how the cost of living is going up.

And that people’s wages, benefits or pensions have not increased enough to keep up.