Blog post 29/05/2019Helen Buckingham
With poor care for people with learning disabilities once again in the news, Helen Buckingham laments the NHS’s failure to learn from what’s gone on before, while arguing that the future doesn’t have to see the same mistakes.
Blog post 16/05/2018Helen Buckingham
Helen Buckingham looks at the recent findings from the Learning Disabilities Mortality Review Programme, and asks what will it take for health leaders to once and for all put in place services that meet the needs of everyone who uses them.
Blog post 28/11/2017Jan Tregelles
In a guest blog, Jan Tregelles, Chief Executive of Mencap, discusses the issue of payments for ‘sleep-in’ care and says that not reaching an equitable solution on it leaves the sector facing an impossible quandary.
Blog post 05/01/2017Rob Greig
Poor data and failure to apply evidence to policy are maintaining low employment for some disabled people.
News and opinion 30/05/2016Nora Cooke O'Dowd
A round-up of our latest indicator updates.
Blog post 23/05/2016Chris Hatton
A look at the complex and evolving field of data on care quality for people with learning disabilities.