An ITV News investigation has found a growing trend of punitive use of contact orders against families of people with ...

About 1.5 million people in the UK have a learning disability, according to the charity Mencap. People with a learning disability find it harder than others to learn, understand and communicate.

People with learning disabilities remain one of the UK's most marginalised groups despite policies having been in place to tackle the issue for seven years. A Community Care survey of more than 1,300 ...

The normalisation of restrictive practices and and mismatch of accommodation were among issues identified in a review of care for adults with learning disabilities. The findings have been published in ...

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) ...

Surrey County Council has been accused of carrying out immoral and illegal assessments of learning disabled adults in a bid ...

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has announced a significant expansion of its acute learning disabilities team, with recruitment already under way for more clinicians, support workers, and administrative ...

Employed in the field of social and mental health services for 30 years. Working in a variety of settings has offered me the opportunity to understand human behavior and in general what makes people ...