People with learning disabilities are more likely to have poor dietary habits and associated health conditions than the general population. Interventions to improve dietary choices need to consider ...

A study published in Health Services and Delivery Research finds patients with learning disabilities generally experience poorer care quality. Researchers used questionnaires, interviews, observations ...

Joint working between health and social care is all the rage but the field of learning difficulties has been pioneering a joint practitioner role since the 1980s. Dave Sims looks at new research on ...

Annabell Downey’s breast cancer was diagnosed only after she collapsed and was taken to hospital — by which point it had already spread. Her experience highlights growing evidence that having a ...

People with learning disabilities often have unmet health needs. To address this, in a joint project between a university and a theatre company, actors with learning disabilities are running ...

A North East learning disability respite service has secured its long-term future after an agreement between the NHS and Middlesbrough Council, relocating to new premises at Levick Court in Middlesbro ...