Library Bulletins

Community Health and Learning Disabilities

The current bulletins for Community Health and Learning Disabilities, produced by Merseycare NHS Foundation Trust, are now available to view and download.

For support accessing any of the articles within the bulletins please contact: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk

Learning from lives and deaths

People with a learning disability and autistic people (LeDeR) policy 2021

This policy aims to set out for the first time for the NHS the core aims and values of the LeDeR programme and the expectations placed on different parts of the health and social care system in delivering the programme from June 2021.

Also available in easy read format.

Learning Disabilities and Autism

Framework for commissioner oversight visits to inpatients

Source: The King’s Fund – Health Management and Policy Alert

The NHS long-term plan made a commitment to making sure that people with a learning disability and/or people with autism are safe and are getting high-quality inpatient care. The guidance (accessible below) for commissioners and case managers aims to support the implementation of best practice in relation to commissioner oversight visits. This includes the minimum expectations for visits during the coronavirus pandemic.

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