Our community engagement manager Laurence yesterday enjoyed the chance to talk to trainee police officers about learning disabilities and how best to support people with learning disabilities. 👮👮‍♀️ Metropolitan Police #learningdisabilities

Next week is Dying Matters Awareness week💬To kick off the week, Gemma Allen (she/her) from The Mary Stevens Hospice has written a great blog about this year's theme (death, dying and grief in the workplace) and what that means for people with learning disabilities. Read here!👇victoriaandstuart.com/post/18-dying-…

We can't be ignored anymore 😢by those who chose to ignore Nonspeaking people who are in physical pain, it cannot be viewed as just behaviour. We hear so many sad stories but where is the change 🩵#nonspeakingawareness #DisabilityTwitter

Roberto reacts to tonight's defeat. 💬⤵️

Around 41,730 people in Sussex have a learning disability. We want to ensure they all have the best experience of local health and care services. Thank you to our teams who directly contribute to improving the lives and health of people with a learning disability! #LDWeek

This is not all of us, but happy learning disability week.

People with a learning disability often have poorer physical and mental health than other people. This does not need to be the case. Find out how to get extra support in Sussex for someone you know or care for with a learning disability: sussex.ics.nhs.uk/your-care/loca… #LDWeek

Completely with this .. It's the BEST. I still remember my joy 2 hours into being a support worker now 26 years ago Egalite Care Gill Hurren

Yup. Prof Ryan Sue Marsden 💙 Gill Hurren @TeamSpringwell as a student I got a bollocking, the next day, for coming in after handover with an incredible man who'd enjoyed only a couple of pints. Stay Up Late thank you.

The NHS has published new guidance on dementia care. Find out more about the specific challenges some communities face and how you can support people from ethnic minority communities. england.nhs.uk/publication/in…

A wonderful opportunity for budding disabled journalists. It is subsided by the National Lottery and in partnership with the NCTJ. Good luck!

Want to be part of building Good Lives? Find out about a new opportunity to join the Learning Disability England team here... tinyurl.com/3ehu7z5c

How do we prevent people with a learning disability and autistic people being locked up in our psychiatric hospitals? That's the question a panel chaired by Emily Townsend will be addressing at our The Labour Party conference event in Liverpool on Monday, 2pm. Please join if you can

Get the support you need to live a long and healthy life. If you are over 14 with a learning disability, ask for an annual health check. Watch Harshi’s video- youtube.com/watch?v=ocU8Xh… #HealthActionPlan #LearningDisability #DisabilityHistoryMonth #UKDHM V O D G

It’s important to identify people who are in the last year of life as early as possible. If we do not identify people who are dying, we lose the opportunity to provide the person with the best possible symptom management to achieve good quality care

Just back from the opening night of this. Amazing artists, inclusive writing and a feature length film with some Netflix money which has mine for an Aussie cult classic Gill Hurren Sue Marsden 💙 @SPFTLDnurses Jim Blair ThinkDifferentlyACTcreatively ⚒️🇪🇺🕊 if you can do. Awesome Oska Bright Film Festival oskabright.org/2024-programme…

This. Complex is a word I don't use anymore. Being told my reviews weren't professional enough was a compliment to me, and for every person who has an advocate in the "difficult family," I think of the 20 without. Thank you Rightful Lives youtu.be/zSO1GnKU1qw?si…

Whoop whoop, Gill Hurren Jim Blair ThinkDifferentlyACTcreatively ⚒️🇪🇺🕊 Sue Marsden 💙 SPFT Learning Disability Services can you join us? if not please use these resources

End-of-life care planning toolkit launch on 20 June - and YOU can join us! 🧰We are celebrating the end of the project with a spectacular one-day conference filled with exciting talks. We will also see the toolkit go live on our website. Sign up now! 👇 victoriaandstuart.com/post/61-new-re…

What no celebrating people with disabilities winning medals and breaking records on the BBC. Sue Marsh Sue Marsden 💙 Abbyornot Gill Hurren