It has taken five reports and four years, but the government has finally agreed to provide annual health checks to people with learning disabilities in England, although there is still no date for a ...

Mencap welcomed an NHS pledge to provide annual health checks for people with learning disabilities in England as a “major step forward in reducing health inequalities”. However, the charity expressed ...

This Down’s Syndrome Day (21st March), a local NHS trust is encouraging people who have a learning disability to have their ...

The health secretary has written to GPs to encourage practices to make full use of additional income provided for ensuring learning disability registers are up to date and carrying out annual health ...

Urgent action is needed to improve preventative healthcare for people with learning disabilities by reforming annual health checks and boosting staffing, a new report warned. Subscribe today for ...