The Mail on Sunday reveals that seven providers are charging taxpayers up to £730,000 a year for each patient held in controversial and secretive secure psychiatric units.
Community Care: ‘The funding panel seems to forget there is a person waiting for their needs to be met’
An adults’ social worker shares their experience of how the funding panel works in their local authority
BBC: Sarah Gordy honoured at Buckingham Palace
Sarah Gordy, become the first woman with Down’s syndrome to be made an MBE.
Gordy, who has appeared in Call the Midwife and Upstairs Downstairs, said it was “just fantastic” to return to the palace, having previously visited as a celebrity ambassador for the charity Mencap.
Congratulations Sarah!
NDTi: Advocacy Awareness Week
Lots of updates from a great Advocacy Awareness week over at NDTi here.
Certitude: Let’s help society to become more accessible for people with autism
James Morris recently won a place on the Learning Disability and Autism National Leaders List 2018 for his work advocating for people with autism.
The Leaders List recognises that people with autism can help drive change and James has written his top 20 tips to help society to become more accessible for people with autism.
