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Mencap appalled at verdict to send young woman with a learning disability to unit 5 hours from her home
Claire Dyer is 20-years-old, lives in Swansea, and has autism and a learning disability. Her parents have been fighting Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board’s decision to transfer their daughter to a specialist unit in Brighton, five hours away
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Mencap deems Work Capability Assessment “an unfair and flawed process”
The Work and Pensions Select Committee published it report, Employment and Support Allowance and Work Capability Assessments, today.
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Badminton sessions in Haringey a smash for disabled people
Last Friday (18 July), 12 people with a learning disability and volunteers from Haringey Mencap donned their sports gear to take part in a new badminton project with Black Arrows Badminton Club.
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93% of health professionals recommend better training on how to care for people with a learning disability
Mencap’s Getting It Right – From The Start (GIR-FTS) project, which was discussed at yesterday’s All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG), has revealed 93% of GPs would recommend specific training on learning disability to all health professionals.
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Charities and families concern over further delays for Winterbourne View victims
Jan Tregelles, chief executive of the Royal Mencap Society, and Vivien Cooper, chief executive of The Challenging Behaviour Foundation, respond to Bill Mumford’s resignation from the Joint Improvement Board.
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People with a learning disability remember their first times for Learning Disability Week
2014’s Learning Disability Week starts today on June 16 and Mencap, with the help of Holby City and Emmerdale actress Ty Glaser, are calling for people with a learning disability to share stories of their first times.
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Hear my voice! Grassroots learning disability movement sets sights on 2015 General Election
National movement is formed to ensure voice of learning disability community is heard by candidates in 2015 General Election!
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Select Committee hears evidence from Mencap spokesperson with a learning disability on barriers to voting
Today saw the first time that a Select Committee of MPs has heard evidence from an individual with a learning disability.
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Health Ombudsman urges action to prevent ‘avoidable’ deaths of people with a learning disability
Too many people with a learning disability are not getting access to the right care and treatment at the right time, leading to avoidable deaths in some cases, the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) warns today.
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Urgent action needed - Mencap and The Challenging Behaviour Foundation response to the Learning Disability Census report
Mencap and The Challenging Behaviour Foundation comment on the Learning Disability Census report which was published today by the Health and Social Care Information Centre.
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Arsenal Football Club becomes first Premier League Club to install accessible Changing Places toilet
Arsenal Football Club’s Emirates Stadium launched the 600th “Changing Places” fully accessible disabled toilet at the Club’s Premier League game against West Ham.
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Poor guidance threatens to undermine potential of Children and Families Act
Today, the Children and Families Bill has gained Royal Assent*.
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