Latest News
Latest News
LDE Letter to Mencap
Danny Tozer died on 22nd September 2015 after having a seizure in his bedroom in a shared house where he was supported by Mencap.
We wrote about this awful news and you can read our thoughts here. Our Co-Founder, Gary Bourlet, also wrote a response which you can read here.
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State of Mental Health: Plain English Summary
Today the Care Quality Commission (CQC) released a report about the state of mental health services from 2014 to 2017.
The report found that although some mental health services have improved, there are still problems.
Read more “State of Mental Health: Plain English Summary”
Sleep-Ins and National Minimum Wage
Lots of people are talking about sleep-ins and the National Minimum Wage at the moment. It is a very complicated issue.
We have written this plain English statement for our members.
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Why did Ian Shaw not get the healthcare he needed?
Ian Shaw is a 34-year-old man who has autism and doesn’t use words to communicate.
Ian spent 9 years in secure hospitals before moving back into the community last year. His mum believed that ‘the secure units were the wrong places’ but they found it very difficult to get him out.
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Quality Matters
On 12th July Learning Disability England attended the launch of Quality Matters.
Quality Matters aims to bring the adult social care sector together to agree on what good quality social care looks like.
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#StateOfSocialCare
This week Care Quality Commission (CQC) published a report that looks at the state of social care. We have written a summary for our members.
You can read the full report here.
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Jobs with our Members
Here are the latest jobs that are available with our members.
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Voting now open!
Voting has now closed. You can see who was elected here.
Read more “Voting now open!”