Links

Links to other relevant sites.

Link to the Confidential Inquiry

• The Confidential Inquiry into premature deaths of people with learning disabilities.

Link to easy to read information on health for people with learning disabilities

• Easy Health.
• A Picture of Health.

Links to Government departments and agencies working with people with learning disabilities

• The Department of Health.
• The Department for Education. In addition to the latest policy about education for children and young people with learning disabilities, this site also provides statistics on the annual Special Educational Need census.
• The Office for Disability Issues.
• Putting People First.
• Valuing People Now.

Links to organisations run by people with learning difficulties

• People First.
• The National Forum for People with Learning Difficulties.

Links to networks of people wanting to improve the health of people with learning disabilities

• The UK Learning Disability and Health Network.
• Advocate 4 Health A site about how to be healthy by people with learning disabilities.
• The Royal College of General Practitioners Learning Disability resources page - good practical information about health checks and use of the Mental Capacity Act.
• Transition Information Network Transition Resources Online. Good ideas and good practice in managing transition from childhood to adult services.
• London Best Practice website (Learning Disabilities)
• The South West Acute Hospital Service Review website
• The Community Learning Disability Team Outcomes Framework, available from Debramooreassociates
• The East of England Learning disability vision page - Useful links on making hospital care better.
• The Royal College of Ophthalmologists has published guidance about sight management for people with learning disabilities.
• Signpost Sheffield has lots of helpful information including a 'staying healthy and safe' section.

Links to websites providing information about people with learning disabilities

• NHS Evidence - Learning Disabilities.
• WELD blog, provides daily reports and commentary on new research into care provided for people with learning disabilities.
• Understanding Intellectual Disability and Health, a site run by St George's, University of London, providing up-to-date briefings, mainly intended for professionals, on a wide range of aspects of intellectual disability. The site includes perspectives from people with intellectual disabilities.
• The Information Centre for Health & Social Care.
• The Office for National Statistics.
• The CQUIN database

Links to relevant commissions and institutes

• The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.
• The Social Care Institute for Excellence.
• The Care Quality Commission.
• The Equality and Human Rights Commission.

Links to organisations campaigning for people with learning disabilities

• Mencap.
• The Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities.
• The UK Learning Disability and Health Network.
• The British Institute of Learning Disabilities.
• In Control.
• The Learning Disability Coalition.
• The Association for Real Change.

Links to associations of health and social care organisations

• The NHS Confederation.
• The Local Government Association.
• The Royal College of General Practitioners.

Links to the IHaL consortium partners

• The North East Public Health Observatory.
• The National Development Team for Inclusion.
• The Centre for Disability Research, Lancaster University.