Mencap statement regarding the Department of Health’s response to the Confidential Inquiry into premature deaths of people with a learning disability

Mencap statement regarding the Department of Health’s response to the Confidential Inquiry into premature deaths of people with a learning disability.

Mencap responds to Government's disability strategy

Mencap responds to the publication of the Government’s strategy for ensuring that disable people are able to achieve their goals and have an active role in society.

Profoundly disabled people and their families help produce how-to guides

Mencap and the PMLD Network today launch a series of how-to guides and films in a bid to help people better meet the needs of those with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD), a group of people who have often been marginalised.

Mencap backs damning report into death of 23 year old Tina at Basildon Hospital

Tina Papalabropoulos was 23 years old and lived at home with her parents and her sister. She died on the 30 of January 2009 at Basildon Hospital.

Mencap targets CCGs with charter to eliminate health inequalities in the NHS for people with a learning disability

Mencap has launched a charter to eliminate health inequalities in the NHS, as new research reveals that over 1,200 people with a learning disability die prematurely every year in NHS care.

Mencap responds to Cineworld ban of girl with Down’s syndrome

Mencap responds to the news that Cineworld banned a girl with Down’s syndrome from a screening as she was 'laughing too loudly'.

Mencap research: “scandal of avoidable death” as 1,200 people with a learning disability die needlessly every year in NHS care

New research by Mencap highlights the scale of discrimination faced by disabled patients in the NHS, following the publication today of shocking findings from an independent Inquiry into deaths of people with a learning disability

Mencap and the Challenging Behaviour Foundation respond to CQC Care Update

Mencap and the Challenging Behaviour Foundation have responded to the CQC Care Update which was published today.

Mencap responds to Public Accounts Committee criticism of DWP fitness to work tests

Mencap responds to the Public Accounts Committee's criticism of the Department for Work and Pensions fitness to work tests.

Children and Families Bill: Disappointing reform will make no real difference to children with special educational needs, says Mencap

Mencap and The Challenging Behaviour Foundation respond to CQC Mental Health Act Report

Charities are deeply concerned that abusive practices, such as over-restraint, seclusion and over medication, are being allowed to continue in many hospitals

“This must never happen again”: Mencap and The Challenging Behaviour Foundation respond to the Winterbourne View sentencing

Mencap and the Challenging Behaviour Foundation's response to the Winterbourne View sentencing.