Resources: Sharing best practice to support health professionals

Summary report - Making sure people who work in NHS trusts have the training they need to support people with learning disabilities

This paper provides an overview of the various elements of the project and a summary of the key findings from the different stages of the work.

A review of the current evidence on the effectiveness of learning disability training programmes for NHS Trust staff

Making sure health professionals have the training they need to support people with learning disabilities is a project commissioned by the South Regional Health Education England Intellectual Disabilities programme.

Hospital Staff and Learning Disability Awareness Training - findings from two surveys

Using an International Delphi Study to explore how learning disability awareness training for NHS Trust staff can have the maximum impact

This is a summary of a modified International Delphi survey which was undertaken to identify, and reach consensus on: the aims, design and content, and ways to maximise the impact, of learning disability training programmes for NHS Trust staff in England.

Hospital Staff and Learning Disability Awareness Training - findings from hospital interviews

Involving experts by experience in Learning Disability Awareness Training

This small research study was undertaken to explore the enablers and barriers to involving experts by experience.

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Case Study 1: Grapevine’s Learning Disability Awareness & Health Inequalities Training

We wanted to look at good examples of learning disability awareness training and we asked an organisation called Grapevine about their learning disability awareness training course.

Case Study 2: Oxfordshire Family Support Network - Working with Families workshop

We wanted to look at good examples of learning disability awareness training and we asked an organisation called The Oxfordshire Family Support Network about their 'Working with Families’ workshop.

Ensuring that learning disability training makes a difference – what needs to happen?

We wanted to look at what needs to be in place to ensure that learning disability training will help bring about the change that is needed. We ran a workshop with a range of people from NHS Trusts and other partners, including Specialist Nurses, Human Resources and training specialists.