Website of the Department of Health

• Good Practice Guidance on Working with Parents with a Learning Disability - May 2007
• Code of Practice for the Mental Capacity Act 2005 - April 2007 (opens new window)
• Independent Mental Capacity Advocate (IMCA) service
• Better services for people with an autistic spectrum disorder: A note clarifying current Government policy and describing good practice - November 2006
• Improving work opportunities for people with a learning disability - 2006
• Department of Constitutional Affairs consultation on the forms and guidance for the new Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) - July 2006
• The Government's Annual Report on Learning Disability - November 2005
• Survey of adults with learning difficulties in England 2003/4: Final and summary reports - September 2005
• Learning Disability Task Force: Annual report 2004 - June 2005
• Commissioning service close to home: Note of clarification for commissioners and regulation and inspection authorities - November 2004
• Valuing People: Moving forward together - The Government's annual report on learning disability April 2004
• Rights, independence, choice and inclusion - January 2004

• Good practice guidance on partnership working draft
• A practical guide for disabled people or carers where to find information, services and equipment (2003)
• Making change happen: The Government's first Annual Report on Learning Disability 2003
• Making change happen: The Government's first Annual Report on Learning Disability 2003 - Easy read version

Adult Placement

• Policy and practice guidance for adult placement schemes consultation document

Health Action Plans

• Health Action Plans

Health and Social Care Services

Health Services for people with learning disabilities (mental handicap) HSG (92) 42 (October 1992) Copies available from Social Care 6C, Room 233 Wellington House, London, SE1, 8UG

• LAC (92)15: Social Care for adults with learning disabilities (Mental Handicap)
• Summary of Signposts for success in commissioning and providing health services for people with learning disabilities
• Signposts for success in commissioning and providing health services for people with learning disabilities

The Healthy Way is for service users and those who support them.

It consists of: an illustrated easy-to-read booklet, a cassette and a poster. Facing the Facts -Services for People with Learning Disabilities: A Policy Impact Study of Social Care and Health Services, Department of Health. November 1999. Copies can be obtained from: Department of Health PO Box 777 London SE1 6XH

Inspection and Review of Services

Moving into the Mainstream: The report of a National Inspection of Services for Adults with Learning Disabilities. Department of Health Social Care Group/Social Services Inspectorate (1998)

• Moving into the mainstream the report of a national inspection of services for adults with learning disabilities a summary report for front-line staff and their managers
• Moving into the mainstream the report of a national inspection of services for adults with learning disabilities
• CI (98)6: Moving into the mainstream SSI report on inspection of services for adults with learning disabilities

Best Value Reviews of Learning Disability Services for Adults

A Framework for Applying Person Centred Principles

• Best value reviews of learning disability services for adults a framework for applying person centred principles

Physical Intervention

New guidance on restrictive physical interventions for staff working with people who have learning disabilities and autistic spectrum disorder who occasionally need restrictive physical intervention: There is also an accessible version of the guidance, which is available from: British Institute of learning Disabilities Tel: 01752 202301/01562 723010 Major extracts are also on the BILD website: http://www.bild.org.uk

• Guidance for restrictive physical interventions: How to provide safe services for people with learning disabilities and autistic spectrum disorder
• British Institute for Learning Disabilities (opens new window)

Primary Health Care

Once a Day - one or more people with learning disabilities are likely to be in contact with your primary healthcare team. How can you help them? NHS Executive. April 1999.

• Once a day one or more people with learning disabilities are likely to be in contact with your primary healthcare team how can you help them?

Residential and Housing Provision

Quality and Costs of Residential Provision for People with Learning Disabilities July 1999 HSC 1999/162: LAC (99) 28

• HSC 1999/162: Quality and costs of residential provision for people with learning disabilities

Housing and Support Options

Valuing People has an objective to enable people with learning disabilities and their families to have greater choice and control over where, and how, they live. This should be achieved by increasing the range and choice of housing open to people with learning disabilities in order to enable them to live as idependently as possible. This guidance has been produced jointly by the Department of Health and the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister to help local councils with their planning. Each Learning Disdability Partnership Board is required to develop a housing strategy for people with learning disabilities by winter 2002/03 and Annex A of the guide provides a check list of key tasks to help achieve this. Additional support in the development of housing strategies will be provided by the Valuing People Support Team. The guide is intended to help local planning it does not say how things must be done within each local authority.

• http://www.archive.official-documents.co.uk/document/cm50/5086/5086.htm (opens new window)
• Valuing people a new strategy for learning disability for the 21st century a white paper

Staff Development

Learning Disability Award Framework (LDAF) - A brief guide to understanding what you need to do about LDAF and NVQs including advice on Induction and Foundation, the 50% rule, Development Plans and funding issues

• Download TOPSS England - Frequently asked / answered questions (PDF, 16K)

New Strategies

Valuing People: A New Strategy for learning disability for the 21st Century - Planning with People - Towards Person Centred Approaches

• Valuing people: a new strategy for learning disability for the 21st century: planning with people towards person centred approaches: guidance for implementation groups

Therapy for Witnesses

Provision of Therapy for Child Witnesses Prior to a Criminal Trial Practice Guidance Provision of Therapy for Vulnerable or Intimidated Adult Witnesses Prior to a Criminal Trial Practice Guidance

• Provision of Therapy for Child Witnesses Prior to a Criminal Trial (opens new window)
• Provision of Therapy for Vulnerable or Intimidated Adult Witnesses Prior to a Criminal Trial: Practice Guidance (opens new window)