End of life Blog Posts

• Little practical engagement of people with learning disabilities with issues of death and dying despite in principle support for right to know

  25 Oct 2013

  • John Northfield

  
• “Commissioners should ensure sustained and effective delivery of children’s palliative care” says guide

  27 Aug 2013

  • Caroline De Brún

  
• Breaking bad news to people with learning disabilities website full of practical guidance

  19 Jun 2013

  • John Northfield

  
• Guidelines for disclosure of bad news to people with learning disabilities developed

  17 Jun 2013

  • John Northfield

  
• Perceived freedom of choice and the experiences of carers of older adults with mental health problems

  14 Jun 2013

  • Sarah Carr

  
• Ombudsman finds service failures once again in report on death of young woman with learning disabilities

  24 May 2013

  • John Northfield

  
• Needs of carers and supporters must be acknowledged to ensure good support to bereaved people with learning disabilities

  08 May 2013

  • John Northfield

  
• Confidential Inquiry finds health and social care for people with learning disabilities deficient in a number of ways

  21 Mar 2013

  • John Northfield

  
• Findings of confidential inquiry in the deaths of people with learning disabilities ready to publish findings

  18 Feb 2013

  • John Northfield

  
• New film aims to enable people with learning disabilities to talk about death and dying

  21 Nov 2012

  • John Northfield