The Welsh Government has published two impact assessments linked to shielding that show their thinking when they proposed these schemes earlier in the pandemic. One assessment summarises the effect of shielding on the group known as ‘extremely vulnerable’, and the second assessment focuses on the effects of the food box delivery scheme for shielded people. … Continued
Cymorth Cymru and the All Wales Forum for Parents and Carers have produced guides to help people with a learning disability, their families, supported living providers and local authorities on things to consider when reconnecting under the ‘extended households’ rule. Reconnecting Safely: Extended households (PDF) Let’s talk about meeting up (PDF) Let’s talk about meeting … Continued
Improvement Cymru recently launched the Once For Wales Health Profile, a tool aimed at improving the consistency, safety and timeliness of healthcare provided to people with a learning disability in Wales. The new tool provides a personalised document to people with a learning disability that details their individual health profile. This key information can then … Continued
This week the Senedd’s Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee published its report ‘Into sharp relief – inequality and the pandemic in Wales.’ The report issues a stark warning that COVID-19 has already entrenched existing inequalities in Wales. As part of the Learning Disability Consortium, Learning Disability Wales gave evidence to the Committee on how … Continued
The UK government has announced that the full implementation of Liberty Protection Safeguards, which was due to replace Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) on 1st October 2020, will now take place before April 2022. Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) will authorise deprivation of liberty in order to provide care or treatment to an individual who lacks … Continued
The Down’s Syndrome Association in the UK has been involved in an international study looking at the effects of COVID-19 in people who have Down’s syndrome. This has been an extremely important study, pulled together very quickly because we knew very little about how severely affected individuals who have Down’s syndrome might be if they … Continued
With updates on the Covid-19 pandemic provided daily, the sheer volume of information has been challenging for most people to digest, but more so for people with learning disabilities. However, as communication is a basic human need and right, despite the many challenges of communicating this complex information, it’s important that people invest the time … Continued
People with a learning disability are at risk when they do not receive correct information in a format that they understand. Learning Disability Wales, as part of the Learning Disability Consortium, has written to First Minister Mark Drakeford to express increasing concern that Welsh Government has yet to publish an accessible version of the letter … Continued
When the Covid-19 lockdown started in March in Wales this year many people were worried about not being able to talk and connect with other people in the ways we were used to, both in terms of work and personal life. Simon Rose looks at what success has been made connecting people during the lockdown … Continued
We are delighted to have welcomed three new people to our staff team recently. This week we have been hearing from them all, and we continue today with Julie Jones, who has joined our easy read team as our new accessible information officer. “I am really pleased to have been able to join the team … Continued
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