This is the 4th annual report of the Learning Disability Task Force to the Minister for Care Services, Ivan Lewis.
The Report is about the work that the Task Force has completed over the past year – it says that some things have got better for some people with learning disabilities but that there is still more work to be done. The report has come from the work that the Task Force has done over the past year. The main topics in the report are health, employment and hate crime. It also includes information about the work that the Task Force has done over the past year to ensure that people with learning disabilities are represented in government policy making.
For more information about the Learning Disability Task Force, please go to:
Mid-year updates on the progress DH has made towards achieving its Public Service Agreement (PSA) targets
Quarterly look at the NHS finances by David Flory, Director General for NHS Finance, Performance and Operations.
Contact details for obtaining hard-copy DH publications.

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