Some Brief but Interesting Thoughts on the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill
Legal expert and blogger Lucy Series has just published a brief blog post on the Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill. It is brief because she is on holiday – hence the title ‘Some thoughts from the Lakes’! But its brevity makes it eminently readable. Lucy describes her and others’ concerns about the Bill; essentially its lack […]
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 […]
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 […]
Public Health England, the NHS, and People with Learning Disabilities
Last week I attended a conference in Birmingham organised by Public Health England , entitled ‘Public health and people with learning disabilities: national evidence for local action’. There was a wide range of attendees, including people with learning disabilities with their carers and families, representatives from the voluntary sector and charities such as Rescare, Autistica, […]
Learning disability- the deaths of patients receiving NHS treatment
It’s not as if this is a new issue; we have highlighted previously both the disturbing general statistics on people with learning disability and their experiences of the NHS i.e with regard to morbidity and life-expectancy, and specific cases of individuals entrusted to the care of medical professionals. We therefore read with interest this article […]
Treat me well – Learning disability and hospital treatment
Having alerted you to the carersUk survey, and reviewing other recently received emails, I can also bring to your attention the release of the second in a series of videos accompanying Mencap’s ongoing ‘Treat Me Well’ campaign . We are now at Episode 2 of Rachel’s story (Rachel is a young girl with learning disabilities, who […]
carersUK launches 2018 State of Caring survey
carersUK has just launched its ‘State of Caring Survey 2018‘ and is asking carers to contribute. An equivalent survey in 2017 was judged a success, on the basis that it had a significant number of contributors (over 7000) ; that it received a lot of attention in the media; and that its results were frequently cited […]