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.
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Do you care?: Preparing carers to get the best from the Care Act 2014
This is a guide for carers over 18 on how to get the information, advice and support you need.
Supporting Carers: Sharing Best Practice in Integrated Approaches to Support
This learning will be of interest to everybody involved with local Carers’ Partnerships at a strategic level, including carers themselves.
Better Local Support for Carers: A Framework For Good Practice
The framework enables conversations between a range of people and organisations (Local Authorities, Health Commissioners and Providers, the Third Sector -including Carers organisations and carers), to discuss, plan and assess local progress in identifying and supporting carers including implementing the Carer’s elements of the Care Act (2014).
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.
Learning Disability Big Health Check and Social Care Open day
Celebrating 10 years of reducing health inequalities and making a difference
Quality Checking Health Checks for People with Learning Disabilities
Annual health checks for people with learning disabilities have been a key part of NHS plans to improve health and reduce premature mortality since 2008. Annual health checks are part of an Enhanced Service, designed...
Making a film with the Misfits Theatre Company – some reflections
I have recently had the pleasure of working with the Misfits Theatre Company to make a film for NHS England about what social care providers can do to improve the health of people with learning disabilities by making sure they are on the health check register and get their annual health check.
Achieving Age Equality
NDTi has worked with the Department of Health on the development and design of the Achieving Age Equality Toolkit – a web based resource which is intended at assist people working within the health and social care communities to audit and assess their readiness for the implementation of the Equality Act 2010, with regard to age discrimination and age equality.
The Health Charter in Practice
VODG, National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi) and National Care Forum (NCF) have published ‘The health charter in practice’ describing how providers use the Health Charter....