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Would you complain?
- Authors:
- ONE TO ONE PLUS, TOWER HAMLETS. Community Learning Disability Service
- Publisher:
- Inspired Services
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- (28 mins.), DVD, booklet
- Place of publication:
- Newmarket
Picture yourself in a café; you find a worm in your burger. Would you complain? Of course you would! Picture yourself in your own home; your support worker is not listening to you or your needs. Would you complain? Everyone has the right to complain, but it’s not always easy and few people with learning disabilities do. Many people do not know that complaining can have a positive outcome. This is what a group of people with learning difficulties from Tower Hamlets set out to show in their new video complaints pack. This pack includes a DVD and supporters notes which is designed for groups and it helps people, over several sessions, learn about complaints and explore what they feel about making them. The group launched the DVD at Learning Disability Today on 31st October 2007. The group is going to use the proceeds from sales to carry on their work and make sure that more people know about.
Does doctor know best?
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 11.10.07, 2007, pp.30-32.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Three front line doctors give their reactions to the charge that the NHS sees people with learning disabilities as a lower priority.
How can we ensure that the health needs of people with learning disabilities are identified and met?
- Author:
- RESEARCH IN PRACTICE FOR ADULTS
- Publisher:
- Research in Practice for Adults
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- Dartington
Services have not been good at responding to the health needs of individuals with learning disabilities, even when people have been resident in NHS facilities. This briefing summarises the health needs of people with learning disabilities and what can be done by those providing care to help close the health gap.
NHS learning disability services: implications of the Cornwall report
- Author:
- DOW John
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adult Protection, 9(4), November 2007, pp.34-37.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
One of the recommendations made by the Health Commission following an inspection into services for people with learning disabilities in Cornwall was that: "NHS bodies who run care homes or domiciliary agencies must immediately seek to register their services with CSCI". This article considers the implications of this recommendation in the context of the Care Standards Act 2000.
A psychiatrists guide to foetal alcohol spectrum disorders in mothers who drank heavily during pregnancy
- Authors:
- GRAY Ron, MUKHERJEE
- Journal article citation:
- Advances in Mental Health and Learning Disabilities, 1(3), September 2007, pp.19-26.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Foetal alcohol spectrum describes a group of disorders caused by the consumption of prenatal alcohol. This article seeks to review the literature around some of the more difficult areas associated with the condition and present some insights into possible ways of managing the psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders seen in the context of the UK system in the NHS.
NHS learning disability services: implications of the Cornwall report
- Author:
- DOW John
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Integrated Care, 15(3), June 2007, pp.37-40.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
'NHS bodies who run care homes or domiciliary agencies must immediately seek to register their services with CSCI'. This was the first of a number of national recommendations in a report by the Heathcare Commission last year following and investigation into services for people with learning disabilities in Cornwall. This article considers the implications of this recommendation in the context of the requirements of the Care Standards Act.
'Policies don't protect people, it's how they are implemented': policy and practice in protecting people with learning disabilities from abuse
- Authors:
- NORTHWAY Ruth, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy and Administration, 41(1), February 2007, pp.86-104.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Recent years have seen the development of policy guidance documents in both Wales and England relating to the protection of vulnerable adults from abuse. This policy guidance does, however, require translation into policies at the local level and that these policies are then implemented in day-to-day practice. This article reports some of the findings of a two-year study, funded by the Wales Office of Research and Development for Health and Social Care, that examined the development and implementation of such policies in services for people with learning disabilities within Wales. Data were gathered by means of a survey of service providers from across Wales and also via focus groups held with direct care staff and those with a responsibility for investigating alleged abuse. Positive developments include a commitment to multi-disciplinary working, increased clarity and consistency, and greater awareness. Less positive aspects include the potential for policy ‘overload’ and a feeling that, while there is awareness of the existence of vulnerable adults policies, knowledge of their content may be more limited. recommendations are made for the development of policy, practice and research.
Unit costs of health and social care 2007
- Authors:
- CURTIS Lesley, (comp.)
- Publisher:
- Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 208, bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
Aims to improve unit cost estimates for health and social services. Includes sections on services for: elderly people; people with mental health problems; people with learning difficulties; services for children and families; and substance misusers. Also provides a breakdown of costs of health care staff in the community and in hospitals.