About 1.5 million people in the UK have a learning disability, according to the charity Mencap. People with a learning disability find it harder than others to learn, understand and communicate.
People with learning disabilities remain one of the UK's most marginalised groups despite policies having been in place to tackle the issue for seven years. A Community Care survey of more than 1,300 ...
A new artificial intelligence (AI) model has been developed to predict how long a person with a learning disability is likely to stay in hospital, offering valuable insights that could improve care ...
NHS England must do more to meet the needs of people with learning disabilities when they are treated in hospital, the patient safety body said. The Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) ...
Dr Karen Harrison Dening reflects on her 50-year nursing career and how dementia care and policy have changed in that time ...
Sometimes people with learning disabilities need a hug – but support staff aren’t meant to give them
Carys Banks received funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). She was the 2016 recipient of the Radcliffe Brown/Sutasoma award from the Royal Anthropological Institute. For some ...
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