
Learning Disability Senate
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Learning Disability Senate
@LdSenate
Bringing together professional leaders in learning/intellectual disabilities. A UK wide, collective voice of specialist health & social care practitioners.









Our paper @TheBJPsych critiques important/emotive/relevant issue of longterm segregation & seclusion for intellectual disability &/or autism. Ideologically understandable need for elimination but evidence/practice needs resolving 1st! FREE ACCESS/DOWNLOAD bit.ly/4f1yvPW




Dr Embliss @rcpsych #SustainabilityScholar on nature-based interventions to support people with mental disorders as part of their care plans. @LDNPsychID @NHSEngland @rcgp @LdSenate @likahassiotis

Concerns about #unintended consequences of removing #learning disability.. Loss of statutory S 117 aftercare, more people waiting in A & Es, more admissions & longer stays in secure hospitals. @AsifSZia @regalexa @haritsa1 @modiyoor @MayuDeshp @DrLadeSmith @rcpsych @KenCourtenay

However, for these reforms to be effective, there must also be a clear plan for – and investment in – developing community support, including housing that meets individual needs, effective social care, and more. 3/4





@Roy1Ashok delivers the Joze Jancar annual lecture 2024 at the #IDConf2024 with reflections of his life and huge contributions to the care of people with #intellectualdisabilities in UK and globally. Respected colleague, mentor, and friend. @rcpsych @InderSawhney1 @KenCourtenay

📣 Speaker announcement! @LizDurrant19 will be speaking at #RRNConf24 Liz is Deputy Director of Quality at NHS England across the national Mental Health, Learning Disability and Autism and Specialised Commissioning teams View the full programme here: bit.ly/RRNConfProg24



Nearly one in three English NHS trusts don't have a learning disability liaison service with a registered learning disability nurse, despite people with learning disabilities dying decades earlier than others. Read our FOI investigation @RCNi_Anita rcni.com/learning-disab…