Reasonable Adjustments: an Excellent New Resource
Further to our feature article on Learning Disability, Health and Obesity , and specifically our reporting on Public Health England events in August and October. Speakers from Public Health England (PHE) were keen to emphasise that people with learning disabilities and/or autism should be able to access those services from the NHS to which they […]
A Healthy Way of Life…
Now receiving some feedback from posts and blogs on learning disability and/or autism, and health and obesity. One correspondent with experience of the Camphill movement , and of Botton village in particular, drew our attention to the evidence submitted by the Botton Village Families Group (BVLG), firstly at its ‘Choice for Intentional Community’ presentation to […]
The care system remains twisted…
Further to a posting a week ago citing two articles in the ‘i’ by journalist Ian Birrell, in which we observed that “Ian is clearly seething with rage, and we suspect and hope that he will not give up on this issue”, we can report that a further article by Ian appeared on Sunday 28th […]
Parliament Debates Autism and Learning Disability Training for Healthcare Professionals
Received in today, an email from the Petitions team at Parliament: Dear xxxxxx, Parliament debated the petition you signed – “Prevent avoidable deaths by making autism/learning disability training mandatory” Watch the debate: https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/b10b5496-54a6-4262-bb54-5c74ec58eedf Read the transcript: https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-10-22/debates/F8EBB4E2-C858-4B5B-B2E0-39D0C25EAA4C/AutismAndLearningDisabilityTrainingHealthcareProfessionals Read the research: https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/petitions-committee/news-parliament-2017/autism-training-22-10/ The petition: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/221033 Thanks, The Petitions team UK Government and Parliament It is actually […]
EHRC: UK’s lack of compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – “deeply concerning”.
We have written previously about the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities online here and in our members newsletter (Resnews). For the UK, the road to compliance has been long and winding, and I’m still not sure if ‘we’ are much further forward. Sadly it was not surprising a few weeks ago […]
Evaluation of Named Social Worker (NSW) Pilot concluded. What next?
In 2016, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) initiated the Named Social Worker (NSW) pilot ‘to build an understanding of how a named social worker can help to improve outcomes for individuals with learning disabilities, autism and mental health conditions’. The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) was commissioned to run the pilot […]
Journalist Ian Birrell rages at treatment of people with PDA and autism.
Two recent articles in the i by the journalist Ian Birrell have left us here at Rescare angry, but to be honest not too surprised. Please read them, since they highlight what is a national scandal and disgrace. Ian is clearly seething with rage, and we suspect and hope that he will not give up […]
Leading social care interest groups warn government that its mental capacity reforms are not fit for purpose
The Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill is proceeding through Parliament. Following upon the DoLS crisis, about which we posted and wrote extensively in recent years, the Bill’s primary purpose is to replace the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) with the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) proposed by the Law Commission’s Review. Last week Rescare received email alerts […]
Special needs pupils being failed by system ‘on verge of crisis’
… So runs the headline today above a special report by Sally Weale and Niamh McIntyre in the Guardian’s Education Section, available to read online here . And it is worth reading. The article catalogues the systemic failures in the SEND system, as local authorities, faced with their own funding crises, and schools with conflicting […]
Focus on Learning Disability, Health and Obesity
Learning Disability and Obesity… So much to say, and so much already said on this issue that we have given it a separate page, now located under the drop-down menu ‘Key Issues and Topics’*. Take a look. I have tried to give an overview of the issues and Rescare’s concerns, and realise that there is […]