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Essential overnight social care support services are at risk because of government inaction over sleep-in payments, according to an open letter to ministers published today.
Read more “Demand for urgent government action on sleep in crisis”
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Hours: Full time 35 hours a week
Salary: £72,000 dependent upon experience
Car allowance: £5,000 per annum
Read more “MacIntyre Charity is recruiting an Operations Director”Learning Disability Members Update on NHS Continuing Healthcare,
September 2018
From LDE member rep Alison Giraud Saunders
Read more “The Continuing Healthcare Information Research Project”
This is what the 3 Co-Chairs of Learning Disability England’s Representative Body think about the report from the government.
Read more “What we think about the government’s response to the Learning Disabilities Mortality Review (LeDeR) programme”
What we are doing about to answer those questions
Read more “Questions we have been asked about our governance after the CMG Tribunal decision”
Meetings about how people with a learning disability or autism will be included in the plan
Read more “Planning for the next 10 years of the NHS”
The union, Unison have asked for permission to appeal against the decision that was made on what people should be paid for sleep ins when supporting people at nigh . The High Court decided in July that Mencap did not have to pay its staff National Minumum wage when they do a sleep in – this decision affected the law for everyone who is paid to do sleep ins or employ people.
Read more “Possible appeal against the High Court decision on sleep-ins”
On Monday the Care Minister Rt Hon Caroline Dinenage MP sent a written statement to the House of Commons about the Learning Disabilities Mortality Review (LeDeR) annual report recommendations published on 4th May 2018. The statement said the government are still working with NHS England on what they will do.
Read more “Action to stop people dying early”
Learning Disability England are part of a group working in partnership with the Guardian, Dimensions and the Voluntary Organisations Disability Group (VODG) to start this list of people with Learning disabilities or autism who are making a difference.
Read more “The Learning Disability or Autism Leaders List is launched”