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Partners in care and health is working with partners to improve care and support for people with a learning disability.
You can find a further range of resources below.
Resources
- Webinar presentation from Enabling people with a learning disability to gain and retain employment, 29 September 2023
- Summer webinar series: Improving outcomes for autistic people and people with a learning disability
- NHS England, 2023 Supporting People with a Learning Disability, and Autistic People to live Happier, Healthier Longer Lives: A Bitesize Guide for Commissioners
- Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) Strengths-Based Approaches
- We Deserve Better: Ethnic Minorities with a Learning Disability and Access to Healthcare published by NHS Race and Health Observatory and partners, the University of Central Lancashire, Manchester Metropolitan University, Learning Disability England, and the Race Equality Foundation. This report covers research insight, using mixed research methods, into the access and experiences of healthcare services for people with learning disabilities from Black, South Asian (Indian, Pakistani, or Bangladeshi heritage), and other minority ethnic backgrounds. There is also an accompanying video about this on YouTube featuring discussions by people with lived experience and researchers on the barriers to healthcare faced by people with a learning disability from ethnic minority backgrounds.
- Listen Include Respect guidelines June 2022: About Listen Include Respect. The Listen Include Respect guidelines help organisations understand what they need to do to make sure people with intellectual disabilities are included in their work. They were written by Inclusion International and Down Syndrome International.
- Better commissioning for better lives: top tips for commissioners, NHS Confederation: These top tips for commissioners are based on roundtable discussions between people with learning disabilities and commissioners in March 2022
- Good Lives: Building Change Together Learning, Disability England 2022
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Learning from Life and Death Reviews of people with a learning disability and autistic people, August 2022
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Mandatory training about learning disability and autism for health and social care provider staff
Highlighted pages
Introduction to supporting adults with a learning disability to have better lives framework
This outcomes and improvement framework was commissioned by the LGA and the Association of Directors of Adult Services (ADASS) working with a steering group including sector led improvement staff, a Director of Adult Social Services (DASS), experienced staff from the learning disability sector and a representative of family carers of people with a learning disability. It’s been developed and refreshed regularly to make sure its relevant.
Case studies about improving support for people with a learning disability and autistic people
Case studies relating to people with a learning disability and autistic people.