NDTi’s next Generation Leadership Programme is about ensuring that Learning Disability Services are prepared for the future by giving tomorrow’s leaders the right skills and knowledge to drive forward change. 

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Following the conclusion of Richard Handley’s inquest, NDTi’s Health Lead, Anna Marriott, asks “why are multiple failings less serious than a single failure?”

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Mencap Easy Read guide to voting in the May local elections

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The Government are trialling extending the powers of the First-tier Tribunal (SEND) to make non-binding recommendations about the health and social care aspects of Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans as part of a special educational appeal. The trial will apply to local authority decisions made and EHC plans issued/amended from 3 April 2018 and will run for two years.
A toolkit providing a number of resources has been created to support local authorities, health commissioners, parents and young people in preparation for and throughout the trial.

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How health services share information about support for people when they need reasonable adjustments when visiting health services. This video talks about how using a flag or a note on your computer health record and extra information in your Summary Care Record can help. This will be piloted for people with a learning disability before being used for other people. Please fill in this survey about what information you would like your GP to share with other health services about your support needs (or reasonable adjustments) – if you have a learning disability, or if you care for someone with a learning disability https://tinyurl.com/NHSFlagSurvey Here is a consent form and information that you can fill in to give to your GP and here is one in Easy Read. https://digital.nhs.uk/summary-care-r… https://www.mencap.org.uk/sites/defau… This video has been produced by the Learning Disability team at NHS England.

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