Mencap welcomed an NHS pledge to provide annual health checks for people with learning disabilities in England as a “major step forward in reducing health inequalities”. However, the charity expressed ...

NHS trusts should be measured on their performance in providing healthcare access to people with learning disabilities, a leading campaigner has said. David Congdon, Mencap's head of campaigns and ...

The health secretary has written to GPs to encourage practices to make full use of additional income provided for ensuring learning disability registers are up to date and carrying out annual health ...

The government is planning to roll out an NHS Digital Health Check service from spring 2024, in a bid to free up GP appointments and reduce NHS waiting times. The check-up is a digital version of the ...

A combination of missed prevention opportunities and health inequalities can result in the early deaths of people living with epilepsy and intellectual disabilities, new research has shown.