Two Men and a Dog
How meeting through Shared Lives led Andy and James to form 'Local Social', a community interest company, that has changed both their lives. Author: Andy Cooke
News (Learning Disabilities)
Improving the uptake of Annual Health Checks for people with learning disabilities
National Organisations work together to help more people with a learning disability have an Annual Health Check.
People are not inherently vulnerable - the situations they are placed in make them vulnerable
Sanchita Hosali, Director of the British Institute of Human Rights talks about the importance of looking at hospital abuse through the lens of the Human Rights Act.
Getting the rights right in housing
Our recent Housing Round Table in Newcastle discussing people’s equal rights to live independently in communities brought together a great range of voices of those living in supported housing as well as those providing and regulating it.
Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill: A guide for advocates
Guest Blog from Jonathan Senker, chief executive, VoiceAbility. VoiceAbility have worked with others to help improve the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill – but the new form is still flawed, explains Jonathan Senker, chief executive of VoiceAbility. Find out more about next steps and what it might mean for the people you support.
Inside View: Care and Treatment reviews
“Our role is to challenge the providers, the clinical team and anyone else that needs challenging, including the commissioner if necessary” Author: Christianne Pollock, Expert by Experience
Home is where the person is.
NDTi Chief Executive, Paul Marshall, reflects on the similarities between his social housing experience and the challenges currently facing the housing and support market....
The Learning Disability agenda needs new tactics, not just renewed energy.
Learning Disability Programme Lead, Madeline Cooper-Ueki, discusses our role in changing the direction of current learning disability practices in the UK.
The case for a new ‘Valuing People’ (but not called that)
There was something quite special about the whole Valuing People initiative back in 2001.
Learning Disability Big Health Check and Social Care Open day
Celebrating 10 years of reducing health inequalities and making a difference