Working-age adults such as my son, who is autistic, face an unreliable system, yet ministers talk only of a national care service for older people, says Guardian columnist John Harris

The Quick Read (here’s a link to the 15 minute read, here if you’ve got time) Andy Burnham’s promise of a National Care Service is a welcome political shift. It places adult social services, social wo...

Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.

At a time when the demand across health and social care is so high, numbers entering the LD nursing profession are too low. To halt this decline, support the profession with a full bursary and mainten...

NHS England » Guidance to support implementation of the Mental Capacity Act in acute trusts for adults with a learning disability

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A summary of the current situation regarding the Down Syndrome Act 2022, and when the draft guidance will be published for review.

Ministers run away from a wealth tax and then concoct a punitive benefits system. They have made that choice and it’s immoral, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

Boys born in the UK in 2023 can expect to live on average to 86.7 years, and girls to 90, experts suggest.

I’m a hopeless, slow book reader, rarely getting through a novel unless pinned to a sun bed for several days. So the fact I received my copy of Maff Potts’ ‘Friends and Purpose&#8…

Helena Bell, artistic director of theatre company Kali, has died following a short illness

THE circumstances of the death of a man with learning disabilities has been highlighted after a split catheter was left in him – despite the risk of infection reports the Local Democracy Reporter. Tho...

David overcame a lifetime of challenges, not least the attitudes of professionals in health and social care who did not understand that, just because a person cannot speak words, it doesn’t mean they can’t think and feel. David was the bravest brother, son and uncle, but what he endured in his final days is unimaginable. […]

In November the evidence was heard over two days in the inquest of David Lodge, who died on 13 January 2022 at Hull Royal Infirmary. Today, Assistant Coroner for East Riding of Yorkshire and the City of Kingston upon Hull, Edward Steele, returned to court to give his conclusions. He opened by expressing his condolences […]

It’s over 2.5 years since David died, in the Acute Assessment Unit at Hull Royal Infirmary (run by Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust) in mid January 2022. David turned 40 five weeks before he died. He had lived in Hull, in his family home his whole life. David was the middle of three children, […]

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Police have said staff will not face action over abuse of autistic children shown in videos leaked to the BBC.