Generally, people with learning disabilities die 20 years younger than those without learning disabilities and about 39% of ...

Include the needs of people with a learning disability and autistic people in prevention programmes, aimed at promoting healthy lifestyles and reducing avoidable morbidity and mortality e.g. though ...

Blood tests can be challenging for people with learning disabilities due to needle phobia or anxiety. Reasonable adjustments ...

A health board has pledged to improve care for people with learning disabilities. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) and Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) staff have signed a pledge to ...

A campaign to help carers and healthcare professionals spot early signs of life-threatening constipation in people with learning disabilities has been launched by the NHS, with what it described as a ...

The government is planning to roll out an NHS Digital Health Check service from spring 2024, in a bid to free up GP appointments and reduce NHS waiting times. The check-up is a digital version of the ...

More adults with learning disabilities and autism in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight are "locked up" in mental health hospitals, new figures show – as a charity urged the Government to end the "human ...

People with learning disabilities are dying due to a chronic shortage of learning disability nurses and a failure to train ...

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) and Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) staff have signed a pledge to commit to a national 'I Am Here' message (Image: Supplied) A health board has pledged ...