Scrapping vital NHS targets for people with a learning disability “is a dangerous step backwards and could have serious consequences”, a leading charity has warned. New planning guidance for the ...

More than 100 people with learning disabilities and autism were "locked away" in hospitals across Greater Manchester as of ...

Junior doctors are claiming to have ADHD and dyslexia to get out of night shifts and on-call work, NHS leaders have claimed.

Health bosses are urging people with learning disabilities or their carers to make sure they get a free flu jab - as new statistics show "almost a quarter" of avoidable deaths for those with learning ...

Government response awaited after review of NHS care for people with learning disabilities says services are not providing equal access. eople with learning disabilities are "invisible" to the NHS in ...

The NHS in England is failing in its duty to provide people with learning disabilities with equal healthcare, which is leading to unnecessary suffering or even death, a government-commissioned inquiry ...

Pauline Heslop received funding from the Department of Health in England to conduct the Confidential Inquiry into premature deaths of people with learning disabilities. People with learning ...

NHS England must do more to meet the needs of people with learning disabilities when they are treated in hospital, the patient safety body said. The Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Families and campaigners fear people with learning disabilities are dying due to a lack of NHS training and staff shortages, as ...

Stephen Andrade-Martinez, who has learning disabilities and autism, is 23. He has already spent almost six years living in inpatient wards – a quarter of his life. One of the placements was 80 miles ...

Shocking inequalities experienced by men with learning disabilities when diagnosed with prostate cancer have been highlighted in a study by University of Manchester and Christie NHS Foundation Trust ...

Families and campaigners fear people with learning disabilities are dying due to a lack of NHS training and staff shortages, as ITV News Investigations Editor Daniel Hewitt reports. The family of a ...