Following on from our webinar ‘Learning Disabilities and Nutrition‘, we’ve pulled together some of the key resources and references discussed within the webinar. If you missed the live webinar, you can register to watch the recording.
Key Guidelines and Reports
Department of Health (2013). Premature Deaths of People with Learning Disabilities: Progress Update. Available at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/356229/PUBLISH_42715_2902809_Progress_Report_Accessible_v04.pdf (Accessed: 19 June 2023)
HCPC (2021). Consent and confidentiality. Available at: https://www.hcpc-uk.org/standards/meeting-our-standards/confidentiality/guidance-on-confidentiality/consent-and-confidentiality/ (Accessed: 20 June 2023)
Legislation Gov (2005). The Mental Capacity Act. Available at: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/9/section/3 (Accessed: 19 June 2023)
Legislation Gov (2005). Equality Act. Available at: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/15/contents (Accessed: 19 June 2023)
MENCAP (2007). Death By Indifference. Available at: https://www.mencap.org.uk/sites/default/files/2016-07/DBIreport.pdf (Accessed: 20 June 2023)
Michael J (2008). The Independent Inquiry into Access to Healthcare for People with Learning Disabilities. Available at: https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/13595474200800036/full/html (Accessed: 20 June 2023)
NHS (2022). Safe and wellbeing reviews: thematic review and lessons learned. Available at: https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/safe-and-wellbeing-reviews-thematic-review-and-lessons-learned/ (Accessed: 20 June 2023)
NHS (2021). The Healthcare Inequalities Improvement Dashboard. Available at: https://www.england.nhs.uk/about/equality/equality-hub/national-healthcare-inequalities-improvement-programme/data-and-insight/hi-improvement-dashboard/ (Accessed: 20 June 2023)
NHS (2020). Learning Disability Mortality Review (LeDeR) programme:
Action from Learning Report 2019/2020. Available at: https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Action-from-learning-report-2020-1.pdf (Accessed: 20 June 2023)
Office for Health Improvement & Disparities (OHID) (2021). Learning Disabilities Profiles. Available at: https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/learning-disabilities (Accessed: 19 June 2023)
Royal College of Speech and Language Therapy (2013). Five Good Communication Standards. Available at: https://www.rcslt.org/wp-content/uploads/media/Project/RCSLT/good-comm-standards.pdf. (Accessed: 20 June 2023)
Resources
Ability Net. Easy Read – What & How. Available at: https://abilitynet.org.uk/factsheets/what-easy-read#simple-table-of-contents-1 (Accessed: 20 June 2023)
Easy Health. Common Health Conditions. Available at: https://www.easyhealth.org.uk/pages/common-health-conditions (Accessed: 20 June 2023)
Southwest NHS. A Picture of Health. Available at: http://www.apictureofhealth.southwest.nhs.uk/healthy-life-styles/diet/ (Accessed 20 June 2023)
Studies
Patel L., et al (2022) Serum vitamin D & cardiometabolic risk factors in the UK population. Journal of Human Nutrition & Dietetics. Available at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jhn.13075 (Accessed: 19 June 2023)
Winterhalder et al (2022) Bone health, intellectual disability and epilepsy: An observational community‐based study. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica. Available at: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35297524/(Accessed: 19 June 2023)
BDA Learning Disabilities Specialist Group
BDA Learning Disabilities Specialist Group (2023). BDA Learning Disabilities Specialist Group Website. Available at: https://www.bda.uk.com/specialist-groups-and-branches/mental-health-specialist-group/learning-disabilities-sub-group.html (Accessed: 19 June 2023)
BDA Learning Disabilities Specialist Group (2023). BDA Learning Disabilities Specialist Group Twitter. Available at: https://twitter.com/BDA_LDSubGroup (Accessed: 19 June 2023)
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