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NHS learning disability employment: tools and guidance
- Authors:
- NHS EMPLOYERS, NHS ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- NHS Employers
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 29
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
Practical steps and an overview of available tools designed to encourage employment for people with learning disabilities in NHS organisations. The aim of these tools and guidance is to raise awareness, highlight good practice and break down some of the barriers that both employers and potential employees may face, helping create a culture which welcomes people with learning disabilities. This guidance is structured around five building blocks, taking potential employers and managers through the process of recruiting and employing someone with a learning disability. The building blocks are: getting started; being an accessible employer; identifying real jobs; advertising and recruitment; and employment. (Edited publisher abstract)
Making sure people who work in NHS trusts have the training they need to support people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT TEAM FOR INCLUSION
- Publisher:
- National Development Team for Inclusion
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Pagination:
- 12
- Place of publication:
- Bath
The National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi) was commissioned, in 2019, by the South Regional Health Education England Intellectual Disabilities programme to find and share best practice in training people who work in NHS Trusts to support people with learning disabilities. This paper provides an overview of the various elements of the project and a summary of the key findings from the different stages of the work. Whilst training is a vital aspect of improving health and social care for people with learning disabilities it may not in itself reduce the inequalities they experience. There is an urgent need to consider what system changes and wider work must accompany the training to ensure that it is leads to better care, support, experiences, and outcomes for people with learning disabilities. (Edited publisher abstract)
Independent review of deaths of people with a learning disability or mental health problem in contact with Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust April 2011 to March 2015
- Authors:
- GREEN Bob, et al
- Publisher:
- Mazars LLP
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 254
- Place of publication:
- London
This review seeks to establish the extent of unexpected deaths in mental health and learning disability services provided by the Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust and to identify any themes, patterns or issues that may need further investigation. Through an analysis of 540 individual reports of deaths of service users occurring between April 2011 and March 2015, reviewing documents relating to all deaths and an analysis of a wide range of data, the report identifies a series of key messages which result in recommendations for the Trust, its commissioners and nationally. In particular the review found that: the failure to bring about sustained improvement in the identification of unexpected death and in the quality and timeliness of reports into those deaths was a failure of leadership and of governance; there was no effective systematic management and oversight in reporting deaths and the investigations that follow; the review and investigation of deaths is usually left to the Trust to undertake and commissioners become involved in cases when these are determined to be serious incidents by the Trust; the Trust reported relatively few unexpected deaths of service users to regional and national systems; there was a very poor quality of written investigations at all stages; and the Trust could not demonstrate a comprehensive, systematic approach to learning from deaths as evidenced by action plans, board review and follow up, thematic reviews and resultant service change. (Edited publisher abstract)
Equal access?: a practical guide for the NHS: creating a single equality scheme that includes improving access for people with learning disabilities
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 34p.
- Place of publication:
- London
A person with learning disabilities may need extra consideration and support from the NHS, as a patient, visitor or employee. Adapting information, communication and other aspects of care for them will help ensure services are also friendly to anyone who has difficulties with written or spoken English. This is a guide to support the NHS to include people with learning disabilities in their equality schemes, with practical examples of reasonable adjustments to achieve equality of access. The guide contains 4 major sections: Information for people with learning disabilities and family carers; Reasonable adjustments in service delivery; Information about people with learning disabilities; Patient and public involvement.
Going off campus
- Author:
- TAYLOR Amy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 21.09.06, 2006, pp.45-46.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
By 2010 the many people with learning difficulties in NHS campuses should have moved into the community. The author looks at the obstacles en route.
Safe, sustainable and productive staffing: an improvement resource for learning disability services
- Author:
- NATIONAL QUALITY BOARD
- Publisher:
- National Quality Board
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 48
- Edition:
- Edition 1
A guide to help standardise staffing decisions for learning disability services in community and inpatient settings. This resource is designed to help commissioners and providers of NHS commissioned services, create, review and sustain safe and effective specialist health services for people with a learning disability, who have a wide range of needs and varying levels of disability. The resource draws on evidence from a commissioned rapid review of literature and professional review of practice. It aims to provide principles and an assurance framework to help standardise approaches to making decisions about staffing in a multidisciplinary learning disability setting, within organisations and across the system supporting the patient experience and outcomes. It includes tools and reference sources to help providers plan, measure and improve care. (Edited publisher abstract)
Generic service interventions pathway: a competency framework to support development of the learning disability workforce
- Author:
- HEALTH EDUCATION ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- Health Education England
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 70
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
This competency framework helps identify and develop effective education and training for the learning disability workforce. It identifies things that people who provide learning disability services need to know and do when delivering service interventions. The framework covers clinical learning disability workforce roles in delivery of care for people with complex needs and should be viewed in the context of system-wide efforts to ensure that services are delivered by caring, compassionate, knowledgeable, skilled and supported staff. The framework covers the following areas: promoting appropriate access to service; assessment, formulation and treatment planning; enabling health interventions; therapeutic interventions; role support interventions; family and carer interventions; and monitoring and measurement, research and evaluation. (Edited publisher abstract)
Briefing on the findings of the confidential inquiry into the premature deaths of people with a learning disability: executive summary
- Author:
- MENCAP
- Publisher:
- Mencap
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 12
- Place of publication:
- London
The Confidential Inquiry into premature deaths of people with a learning disability was commissioned by the Department of Health in 2010 to look at deaths of people with a learning disability. On March 20th 2013, the Confidential Inquiry published the findings of its two year investigation. In total, the Inquiry examined the factors leading up to the deaths of 247 people with a learning disability in the South West of England. As expected, the Inquiry found evidence that showed people with a learning disability are still not receiving equal healthcare in all NHS settings. The Inquiry found that 37% would have been potentially avoidable if good quality healthcare had been provided. The most common reasons for premature deaths were problems with investigating and assessing the cause of illness and delays or problems with treatment. Whilst a number of recommendations are made as to what can be done to improve healthcare for people with a learning disability and reduce the number of premature deaths, the key call from the Inquiry is for a continued mortality review for people with a learning disability at a national and local level. (Edited publisher abstract)
National service framework for children, young people and maternity services: continence issues for a child with learning difficulties
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 23p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This practice guidance describes a care pathway and the considerations which apply at each stage in supporting a child with continence issues relating to a learning difficulty. A exemplar case of a child called Robert, who has learning disabilities and continence problems is used to describe the journal through NHS treatment. For each stage in the journey the relevant standards from the National Standards Framework theme are identified and additional evidence and/or document links provided. Key messages are also summarised. The material forms one of a series of example patient journeys that have been produced to support the National service framework for children, young people and maternity services. The primary audience is professionals from a broad range of backgrounds, including: education, social services and the voluntary sector. It will also be of interest to parents, children and young people.
'Try to understand my pain'
- Author:
- TAYLOR Amy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 23.7.09, 2009, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The 'Treat me right' project in west London, run by learning disability supported housing and care provider Support for Living, is aiming to improve NHS care of people with learning disabilities by raising awareness of vital issues among hospital professionals. This article reports on the project.