An NHS and government-backed review misrecorded causes of death for hundreds of learning disabled people, leading to underreporting of avoidable deaths.

The proportion of avoidable deaths among adults with a learning disability has fallen but is still almost double that of the general population, according to a new report. Some 733 (38.8%) of the ...

The researchers found that adults with learning disabilities had lower odds of poor glycemic control, faster insulin initiation, and double the risk for all-cause and diabetes-related mortality, ...

Serious case reviews of deaths of 33-year-old man and 52-year-old woman find common failings in monitoring of patients’ physical health needs Margaret Flynn, the lead author of the two serious case ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People with learning disabilities in England face stark inequalities in cancer care with significantly worse survival outcomes, ...

Experts say that may be especially true for students with disabilities—but they’re not always considered when schools are ...

Adults with learning disabilities have finished a six-week cookery course. The course took place at the OK4U Day Centre on ...

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