Thanks for all the interest in the Community event on 1st December and particularly the request for contributions.

We have had more offers than can be housed in the agenda, so we will be closing this form on 6th November, so two members of the steering group can blind review the submissions. 

If you’d still like to submit, you can do so by clicking here.

If you’d like to take one of the last few places at the event, please click here.

Finally, NHS England have kindly offered support to enable us to offer participants refreshments and lunch. 

Download the flyer from: https://ldcop.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/SE-MH-and-LD-Flyer-cohort-4-2024-.pdf 

If you have any questions, please direct them to Yvonne Izzard (Yvonne.Izzard1@nhs.net) and Dr Karen Harrison-White (Programme Lead – Nursing (NHSE SE)) (Karen.HarrisonWhite@nhs.net).

The Community of Practice Steering group are pleased to be able to share the first face to face, in person event since the Covid lockdown. 

Kingston University have kindly agreed to host, and we are pleased to share that Baroness Sheila Hollins will be delivering a keynote on Social Prescribing and Beyond Word Book Clubs.

We also have contributions from user lead organisations, practitioners and researchers, presenting their work associated with enabling people with learning disabilities to live healthy, safe and fulfilled lives.

Details about booking your free place can be found by clicking here. 

If you would like to share your work demonstrating people with learning disabilities living healthy safe and fulfilled lives, please complete the short form available by clicking here.

The BBC have just posted an article about two bereaved mothers who told them lessons had not been learned by their local health authority in Kent after the deaths of their teenage sons, two years apart. For full details click here 

Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board have recently published the local position on the training available by clicking here.