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Learning Disability Senate @LdSenate

Bringing together professional leaders in learning/intellectual disabilities. A UK wide, collective voice of specialist health & social care practitioners.

Joined December 2018
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Learning Disability Senate retweeted
Journal AMHID@JnlAMHID
28 Nov 2025
Excellent @CANDDID1 research conference led by Sujeet Jaydeokar @NIHRresearch @cwpnhs @psychiatryofid
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Translating research findings in to practice to benefit people important in @CANDDID1 as highlighted by Sujeet Jaydeokar @NIHRresearch @uochester
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Psychiatry of ID@psychiatryofid
25 Apr 2025
Replying to @InderSawhney1
@InderSawhney1 opens #IDConf spring event 2025. @rcpsych @rcpsychLDN @rcpsychSW @RCPsychSASdocs @rcpsychTrainees @rcpsychSE @RcpsychCAP @CAIDPN1 @CANDDID1
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Learning Disability Senate retweeted
The Faculty of Forensic Psychiatry@rcpsychForensic
25 Apr 2025
⁦@p_langdon⁩ of ⁦@unibirmingham⁩ presenting on #BEAMS-ID at #IDConf on psychological therapies for anxiety in people with #inteldisabilities ⁦@rcpsych⁩ ⁦@BPSFacID⁩ ⁦@InderSawhney1⁩ ⁦@LdSenate⁩ ⁦@NIHRresearch⁩
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Learning Disability Senate retweeted
Down's Syndrome Association
@DSAInfo
6 Dec 2024
Congratulations to Our Voice member James and his fellow Wacky Woodworkers for their Welsh Young Enterprise Award! You can find out more about their journey in this week's episode of 'A Special School' on BBC iPlayer: bit.ly/3OGXkWL
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Learning Disability Senate retweeted
Professor Rohit Shankar@haritsa1
4 Dec 2024
Thank you to the co-authors @SamuelJTromans @InderSawhney1 @modiyoor @KenCourtenay @FnLead @regalexa @Dr_S_Kumar_G @Roy1Ashok, @rlaugharne1 @ugqira Amy Blake, Anu Iyer, Kiran Purandare, Jane McCarty, Stuart Wallace & Vivien Weisner @CIDER_Research @psychiatryofid @PlymUni
Professor Rohit Shankar@haritsa1
4 Dec 2024
Our paper @TheBJPsych critiques important/emotive/relevant issue of longterm segregation & seclusion for intellectual disability &/or autism. Ideologically understandable need for elimination but evidence/practice needs resolving 1st! FREE ACCESS/DOWNLOAD bit.ly/4f1yvPW
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Learning Disability Senate retweeted
Restraint Reduction Network@theRRNetwork
5 Dec 2024
Restraint Reduction Network membership is FREE! Our members get access to great benefits, including discounts on events and training, webinar recordings right to your inbox and updates on the most important news in #RestraintReduction Find out more: bit.ly/RRNMembership
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Learning Disability Senate retweeted
Psychiatry of ID@psychiatryofid
11 Nov 2024
Excellent Pan-London Consultant Psychiatrists meeting @LDNPsychID today @NHSEngland Diverse topics presented on #ADHD #Autism and #nature-based interventions to support people. @drniallokane @likahassiotis @bathika @KenCourtenay @LdSenate
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Nature-based care for people. @LDTonline @NHSLan_LDNurses
Psychiatry of ID@psychiatryofid
11 Nov 2024
Dr Embliss @rcpsych #SustainabilityScholar on nature-based interventions to support people with mental disorders as part of their care plans. ⁦@LDNPsychID⁩ ⁦@NHSEngland⁩ ⁦@rcgp⁩ ⁦@LdSenate⁩ ⁦@likahassiotis⁩
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Without s117 aftercare Local Authorities/ICB not obliged to commit to funding support for people? @NHSEngland @DHSCgovuk @mencap_charity @CBFdn @LearningDisEng @BaronessHollins
Indermeet Sawhney@InderSawhney1
6 Nov 2024
Concerns about #unintended consequences of removing #learning disability.. Loss of statutory S 117 aftercare, more people waiting in A & Es, more admissions & longer stays in secure hospitals. @AsifSZia @regalexa @haritsa1 @modiyoor @MayuDeshp @DrLadeSmith @rcpsych @KenCourtenay
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So much change in community services have to happen before reforms are a reality - housing, support staff, occupational, community services, education, family support. @NHSEngland @DHSCgovuk @LearningDisEng @mencap_charity
The Challenging Behaviour Foundation@CBFdn
6 Nov 2024
Replying to @CBFdn
However, for these reforms to be effective, there must also be a clear plan for – and investment in – developing community support, including housing that meets individual needs, effective social care, and more. 3/4
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MHA Bill presented Parliament today. Propose remove #LearningDisability #Autism criteria from civil section 3. Better for people? Impacts of reform? What will people gain/lose? ⁦@rcpsych⁩ ⁦@NHSEngland⁩ ⁦@DHSCgovuk⁩ ⁦@SKinnock⁩ gov.uk/government/news/bette…

Better care for mental health patients under major reforms

Mental Health Act reformed to improve treatment of patients and address disparities.

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Learning Disability Senate retweeted
Vaso Totsika@VasoTotsika
28 Oct 2024
Very few mental health interventions actually measure quality of life changes experienced by autistic adults. New systematic review led by Amanda Timmerman @AmandaT_ASC @liz_pellicano @LauraMayCrane @MentalhealthMSc @ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…

Quality-of-life measurement in randomised controlled trials of mental health interventions for...

Autistic people are more likely to have co-occurring mental health conditions compared to the general population, and mental health interventions have been iden...

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Learning Disability Senate retweeted
Psychiatry of ID@psychiatryofid
30 Oct 2024
Replying to @gmcuk
@gmcuk approves #DualCCT #PsychiatryLD and #ForensicPsychiatry Excellent opportunity to train in two specialties over 5 years. @rcpsychTrainees @rcpsych @idtraineesuk @rcpsychForensic @NHSE_WTE @subodhdave1
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Learning Disability Senate retweeted
Saba Salman@Saba_Salman
4 Oct 2024
🔴Councils that fail to provide school transport for disabled pupils undermine children's right to an education. Putting the onus on families to find - or fight for - solutions is wrong. @BIHRhumanrights Phoebe Craig, new in @CommLivingMag_ communitylivingmagazine.com/…

The right to travel to school

It can be difficult to enjoy your right to education if you can’t get to school in the first place. Phoebe Craig looks at a court case and an official complaint centred on the human rights aspects of...

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Good luck in @EPUTNHS @NLMHP_nhs will miss your great work and advocacy. @kandola8
Sam Porter@PerinatalBirder
12 Jul 2024
Today was my last day at the North London Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Service. Proud of what I achieved especially in the last 9 months with the ND service - >30 women dodging a 4 year waiting list for answers at such a crucial time. A few weeks of birding then on to EPUT
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Shameful not to genuinely support people with learning disabilities in hospital by employing skilled LD nurses. @NHSEngland @theRCN @NHSConfed @DHSCgovuk @NHSEmployers
Chris Walker@RCNi_Christine
12 Jul 2024
Nearly one in three English NHS trusts don't have a learning disability liaison service with a registered learning disability nurse, despite people with learning disabilities dying decades earlier than others. Read our FOI investigation @RCNi_Anita rcni.com/learning-disability…
Woman with a learning disability sitting up in a hospital bed being shown an easy read leaflet.

ALT Woman with a learning disability sitting up in a hospital bed being shown an easy read leaflet.

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Learning Disability Senate retweeted
Psychiatry of ID@psychiatryofid
14 Jul 2024
Excellent achievement for changing practices in changing times - well done. @Autism @NHSEngland @CANDDID1 @DrAdrianJames @rcpsych @DrLadeSmith @KenCourtenay
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Learning Disability Senate retweeted
ScottishLDO@ScotLDO
18 Jun 2024
This week is UK #LearningDisabilityWeek! You can find out more about @mencap_charity's Do You See Me? Campaign 👇
Mencap@mencap_charity
17 Jun 2024
💭 What is a learning disability? Harry, Mo and Dan, three Mencap colleagues with a learning disability, explain what a learning disability is and the support they might need. #LearningDisabilityWeek
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