A regional workshop is offering managers who work in services supporting people with a learning disability and autistic people support to improve the resilience and wellbeing of their teams. The workshop, funded by the Department of Health and Social Care, is taking place at Sketchley Grange Hotel in Hinckley, Leicestershire, on Monday 30 March 2020 [...]
An easy read advance care planning booklet has been launched in pilot across Northamptonshire. This new NHCP project, funded by Health Education England, gives people with a learning disability the opportunity to think about, talk about and write down their wishes, preferences and priorities for care at the end of their lives. Planning in advance [...]
A county-wide conference has helped to raise awareness of how hate crime can impact people with learning disabilities in Northamptonshire – and action that can be taken to ‘halt the hate’. Commissioned by the Office for the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner and co-designed by the learning disability community, the event at Wicksteed Park in [...]
Health and social care organisations in Northamptonshire are working together through NHCP to make local services better and easier to access for people with learning disabilities. In keeping with the national programme of work for people with learning disabilities, key partners across the county are focused on a number of aims, including: Improving the quality [...]