NHS England have said today that ‘autism and learning disability’ will be a clinical priority in their upcoming ten-year plan to improve health services in England (this is often called the ‘long term plan’).
Month: August 2018
Integrated Care Provider contracts- Easy Read survey
INDEPENDENT LIVING FOR PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES
Resources to support safer modification of food and drink
A resource alert has been issued to eliminate use of the imprecise term ‘soft diet’ and assist providers with safe transition to the International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative (IDDSI) framework, which introduces standard terminology to describe texture modification for food and drink.
SCIE: Named Social Worker programme webinar recording
Webinar discussing learning from the Named Social Worker programme. The difference the model makes for people with learning disabilities, autism and mental health needs. Participants include Lyn Romeo, Chief Social Worker, Tony Hunter, Chief Executive, SCIE, and teams from Halton and Liverpool who delivered the pilots.