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Mencap spokeswoman with a learning disability comments on the public’s vote of no confidence in the care system
Mencap spokeswoman, Lorainne Bellamy, who has a learning disability, expressed her pleasure at hearing the public’s backing for greater funding in social care.
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People with learning disabilities stuck in institutions as Government programme continues to fail
NHS England has today (15 August 2014) published its third set of quarterly data*, looking at the number of people with a learning disability in inpatient settings in England.
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Pressure from learning disability strategy group prompts National Audit Office inquiry in to post-Winterbourne View actions
Following a number of serious concerns raised by the Challenging Behaviour National Strategy Group (CB-NSG), families and campaigners, the National Audit Office (NAO) has announced an inquiry*
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Mencap announcement on the government's publication of who is eligible for social care under the new Care Act
Mencap warns that many people with a learning disability may miss out on services they desperately need following the Government’s publication of a consultation on who is eligible for social care under the new Care Act.
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New Chair of Trustees appointed at Mencap
Mencap has today, 4 August 2014, appointed Derek Lewis as the charity’s Chair of Trustees. Mencap delivers high quality, specialist services and campaigns to improve the lives of the 1.4 million people with a learning disability in the UK, their families
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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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Failure to meet deadline: Government breaks promise to people with learning disabilities in units like Winterbourne View
Tomorrow, (1 June 2014), the deadline passes for the Government’s commitment to ensure that people with a learning disability are supported to return to their communities from units like Winterbourne View and get the right support in their local areas
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