Campaigners upset over errors in learning disability deaths report

A review had found that 39% of deaths with a known cause had been avoidable. The figure has now been revised to 40%.
Opinion
Learning Disability TodayOpinion

Down’s syndrome guidance: why learning disability nursing must be at the centre

The draft consultation for guidance on the Down Syndrome Act 2022 so far fails to recognise the importance of learning disability nurses in the health and wellbeing of people with Down's syndrome.
Community Care

Paralympics: Mencap urges scrapping of learning disability bar

Mencap has called for the ban on athletes with a learning disability from competing at the Paralympics to be lifted ahead of the start of this year's games in Beijing next week. People with learning ...
Online Recruitment

How Mencap Reduced Time-To-Hire From Six to Three Weeks With a Streamlined Candidate Screening Process

Mencap, one of the UK's largest charities dedicated to supporting individuals with learning disabilities, transformed its hiring process by adopting the eBulkPlus digital screening platform from ...
The Gazette

Tiptree Christmas fair raises more than £800 for Mencap and Mind

AN EARLY Christmas Fayre in Tiptree has raised more than £800 for the charities Mind and Mencap through crafts and home-made cakes. Evelyn Hicks from Tiptree and of Levy and Co solicitors based in ...