News

Both the Francis Report on the neglect, abuse and deaths of predominantly older people in Mid-Staffordshire hospital and this week’s CQC report on wider hospital failure telling a sorry tale.

NDTi has today published interim findings from research into the cost effectiveness of local authority and NHS investment in employment supports for people with learning disabilities and people with mental health problems.

The Circles of Support for People with Dementia Project in Mid Devon is running a free event ‘Memory Aware Mid Devon’ to provide information and advice on dementia and how people with dementia can be best supported to live well in our communities.

Events on transition issues are available as part of the Preparing for Adulthood project.

OK, this is a longer blog than usual, but Monday night’s Panorama programme about an elderly lady with dementia being abused and neglected in a care home made me angry

Professor Jim Mansell, architect of significant elements of learning disability policy in England, founder of the Tizard Centre at Kent University and champion of individualised, evidence based services for people with the most complex needs, lost his battle with cancer on March 13th.

The Health Select Committee has created headlines today by pronouncing that the energy, attention and demands of the Health Bill (and the associated changes that are already being implemented prior to the passage of the Bill into law), are damaging the NHS’s ability to get on with the job of delivering high quality, cost effective healthcare

The National Development Team for Inclusion have been granted funding from the National Institute for Health Research‟s School of Social Care Research (SSCR) to carry out a two year study into the cost effectiveness of different models of employment support for disabled people, including those with mental health problems.

Despite often having the same aspirations as their peers, young disabled people are less likely to achieve paid employment, independent living, good health and community inclusion as they move into adulthood.

Feeling Settled is a new guide to changing a residential care home for people with learning disabilities into a supported living service, where people are choosing to stay in the same place.