Learning disabilities

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1. CQC: Restrictive practice — a failure of person-centred care planning? (3 August 2023)

   • Learning disabilities
   • Restrictive practice
   • (and 4 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Learning disabilities
     • Restrictive practice
     • Autism
     • Policies
     • Regulatory issue
     • Mental health

   By Patient Safety Learning, 31 August

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   • 31 August

2. Campaign toolkit: Constipation campaign (NHS England, July 2023)

   • Learning disabilities
   • Social care
   • (and 4 more)

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     • Learning disabilities
     • Social care
     • Carer
     • Patient engagement
     • Community care
     • Primary care

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 14 August

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   • 257 views
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   • 14 August

3. CQC: Driving improvement for autistic people and people with a learning disability (3 July 2023)

   • Learning disabilities
   • Autism
   • (and 4 more)

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     • Learning disabilities
     • Autism
     • Patient engagement
     • Patient / family involvement
     • Leadership
     • Quality improvement

   By Patient Safety Learning, 4 August

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   • 102 views
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   • 4 August

4. Reducing overprescribing and improving the health of patients with learning disabilities and autism (24 July 2023)

   • Autism
   • Learning disabilities
   • (and 2 more)

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     • Autism
     • Learning disabilities
     • Prescribing
     • Adminstering medication

   By Patient Safety Learning, 25 July

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   • 25 July

5. Exploring deep sedation at home to support people with learning disabilities to access medical investigations with minimal distress (by Mandy Anderton)

   • Learning disabilities
   • Anaesthesia
   • (and 6 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Learning disabilities
     • Anaesthesia
     • Anaesthetist
     • Nurse
     • Consent
     • Decision making
     • Anxiety
     • Health inequalities

   By Mandy Anderton, 17 July

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   • 484 views
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   • 17 July

6. How CQC checks services that support autistic people and people with a learning disability: Easy-read guidance (October 2020)

   • Learning disabilities
   • Audit
   • (and 3 more)

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     • Learning disabilities
     • Audit
     • Regulatory issue
     • Patient engagement
     • Communication

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 10 July

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   • 102 views
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   • 10 July

7. NHS England: Ask Listen Do – feedback, concerns and complaints

   • Organisation / service factors
   • Learning disabilities
   • (and 5 more)

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     • Organisation / service factors
     • Learning disabilities
     • Autism
     • Feedback
     • Patient / family involvement
     • Patient / family support
     • Complaint

   By Patient Safety Learning, 10 July

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   • 107 views
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   • 10 July

8. Services for autistic people and people with a learning disability

   • Autism
   • Learning disabilities

   By Patient_Safety_Learning, 8 July

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   • 120 views
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   • 8 July

9. NHS England Learning Disability Improvement Standards project

   • Disability
   • Learning disabilities
   • (and 5 more)

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     • Disability
     • Learning disabilities
     • Standards
     • Data
     • Audit
     • Benchmarking
     • Feedback

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 6 July

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   • 157 views
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   • 6 July

10. Learning disabilities and behaviour that challenges: service design and delivery (NICE guideline, 28 March 2018)

    • Learning disabilities
    • Patient / family support
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Learning disabilities
      • Patient / family support
      • Organisation / service factors
      • Autism

    By Patient Safety Learning, 4 July

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    • 97 views
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    • 4 July

11. Royal College of Physicians: Training programme to meet the medical needs of adults with a learning disability

    • Learning disabilities
    • Training
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Learning disabilities
      • Training
      • Skills
      • Adult
      • Staff support

    By Patient Safety Learning, 30 June

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    • 147 views
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    • 30 June

12. Family Consultation Day Report on deaths of people with mental ill health, a learning disability or autism (INQUEST, 26 April 2023)

    • Patient / family support
    • Patient death
    • (and 7 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Patient / family support
      • Patient death
      • Feedback
      • Autism
      • Learning disabilities
      • Mental health
      • Duty of Candour
      • Investigation
      • Transparency

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 22 June

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    • 173 views
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    • 22 June

13. Palliative Care for People with Learning Disabilities (PCPLD Network)

    • Learning disabilities
    • Medicine - Palliative

    By Patient Safety Learning, 13 June

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    • 131 views
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    • 13 June

14. Constipation and people with a learning disability (NHS leaflets)

    • Learning disabilities
    • Patient engagement

    By Patient_Safety_Learning, 15 May

    • 0 comments
    • 207 views
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    • 15 May

15. Locked away: Our autism scandal (Dispatches, Channel 4)

    • Autism
    • Organisation / service factors
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Autism
      • Organisation / service factors
      • Patient suffering
      • Mental health unit

    By Patient Safety Learning, 3 April

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    • 324 views
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    • 3 April

16. Nobody left behind: Improving the health of people with learning disabilities and reducing inequalities across primary care

    • Learning disabilities
    • Health inequalities
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Learning disabilities
      • Health inequalities
      • Quality improvement

    By Mandy Anderton, 9 March

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    • 579 views
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    • 9 March

17. Reducing the risk of choking for people with a learning disability: A multi-agency review in Hampshire (11 October 2012)

    • Learning disabilities
    • Social care
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Learning disabilities
      • Social care
      • Risk management
      • Reporting
      • England
      • Commisioning

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 28 February

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    • 182 views
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    • 28 February

18. Dysphagia in people with learning difficulties: reasonable adjustments guidance (PHE, 8 May 2016)

    • Learning disabilities
    • Assessment
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Learning disabilities
      • Assessment
      • Social care
      • Care plan
      • Training
      • Risk management

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 27 February

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    • 152 views
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    • 27 February

19. Safe and wellbeing reviews: thematic review and lessons learned (NHS England, 21 February 2023)

    • Learning disabilities
    • Learning disorders
    • (and 15 more)

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      • Learning disabilities
      • Learning disorders
      • Autism
      • Mental health unit
      • Patient death
      • Recommendations
      • Patient harmed
      • Staff factors
      • Skills gap
      • Patient / family involvement
      • Medication
      • Mental health
      • Discharge
      • Increased length of stay
      • Workforce management
      • Organisational culture
      • Community care

    By Patient Safety Learning, 24 February

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    • 368 views
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    • 24 February

20. STOMP and STAMP: A leaflet for families of children and young people with a learning disability, autism or both who may be prescribed (or are prescribed) psychotropic medication

    • Children and Young People
    • Patient / family support
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Children and Young People
      • Patient / family support
      • Medication
      • Learning disabilities
      • Autism
      • Prescribing

    By Patient Safety Learning, 21 February

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    • 265 views
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    • 21 February

21. Health Education England: The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism (updated 22 December 2022)

    • Learning disabilities
    • Autism
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Learning disabilities
      • Autism
      • Training
      • Staff support
      • Skills

    By Patient Safety Learning, 20 February

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    • 173 views
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    • 20 February

22. Resources to improve the sensory environment for autistic people: Sensory-friendly resource pack (NHS England, 1 October 2022)

    • Autism
    • Patient engagement
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Autism
      • Patient engagement
      • Communication

    By Patient Safety Learning, 27 January

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    • 236 views
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    • 27 January

23. CQC - Who I am matters: Experiences of being in hospital for people with a learning disability and autistic people (3 November 2022)

    • Autism
    • Learning disabilities
    • (and 5 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Autism
      • Learning disabilities
      • Health inequalities
      • Health Disparities
      • Hospital ward
      • Communication
      • Training

    By Patient-Safety-Learning, 7 November, 2022

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    • 478 views
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    • 7 November, 2022

24. Tommy Jessop: Why I investigated hospital care for people like me (10 October 2022)

    • Learning disabilities
    • Healthcare
    • (and 7 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Learning disabilities
      • Healthcare
      • Organisation / service factors
      • Health inequalities
      • Health Disparities
      • Patient engagement
      • Disability
      • Patient / family involvement
      • Patient / family support

    By Patient Safety Learning, 11 October, 2022

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    • 394 views
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    • 11 October, 2022

25. Assessing the dangers of a hospital stay for patients with developmental disability In England, 2017–19 (October 2022)

    • Learning disabilities
    • Disability
    • (and 10 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Learning disabilities
      • Disability
      • Patient harmed
      • Research
      • Healthcare
      • Health Disparities
      • Health inequalities
      • Medication
      • Ulcers / pressure sores
      • Sepsis
      • Deep vein thrombosis
      • Healthcare associated infection

    By Patient Safety Learning, 6 October, 2022

    • 0 comments
    • 392 views
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    • 6 October, 2022