Plans announced last week to transfer commissioning powers for learning disability social care services from the NHS to local government could not have arrived at a better time. The proposal, outlined ...

NHS England must do more to meet the needs of people with learning disabilities when they are treated in hospital, the patient safety body said. The Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) ...

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust have officially welcomed the first patients to Water Meadow View, a ...

Water Meadow View, a £32m specialist NHS mental health facility for adults with learning disabilities, opens at Guild Park in ...

Those with the greatest financial concerns were up to seven times more likely to meet screening criteria for depression. “The ...

The number of campus and village communities for people with learning disabilities has declined over the past two decades.

Patients with learning disabilities and autism suffered a "significant number of injuries" on NHS wards - while inspectors were also concerned about a rise in assaults on staff, too. The Care Quality ...

People in England with a learning disability have a higher risk of cancer, especially before age 50, according to a study by researchers from The University of Manchester and The ChristieNHS ...