Ahead of NDTi's 'Close to Home' review being published, Kate Linsky, NDTi's Programme Lead for Mental Health, introduces the paper and reflects on its recommendations for adults with mental health conditions.
The NDTi has written best practice guides for commissioners and providers of services on the implications of the information gathered by Public Health England and the Centre for Disability Research. We have written a series...
People with learning disabilities have poorer health than the general population, much of which is avoidable. This means that people with learning disabilities experience health inequalities, often starting early in life. The impact is serious...
This practical guide is designed to support Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), with Local Authorities and Learning Disability Partnership Boards, to commission health services in ways that achieve better health outcomes for people with learning disabilities...
This guidance is to help health and social care professionals and family carers and supporters learn more about how to support the postural care needs of people with learning disabilities who are at risk of...
"People with learning disabilities have poorer health than their non-disabled peers, yet differences inhealth status are, to an extent, avoidable. The health inequalities faced by people with learning disabilities in the UK start early in...
Shared Lives Intermediate Care is a pilot programme that aimed to develop Shared Lives as a ‘home from hospital’ service for older people. It offered short term support in a family home to people who are well enough to leave hospital but are unable to return to their home/live independently.
Shared Lives Plus commissioned NDTi to conduct the evaluation of the Shared Lives intermediate care pilot programme. The main purpose was to look at the impact of the programme for people who are ready to...
NDTi has partnered with the PDA Society to help raise awareness and increase understanding of PDA – a profile on the autism spectrum.
Many employers are missing out on the rich pool of talent and skills that disabled people can bring to the workplace, including people with a mental health condition, a learning disability and / or autism.
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