The health secretary has written to GPs to encourage practices to make full use of additional income provided for ensuring learning disability registers are up to date and carrying out annual health ...

Young people with disabilities and additional needs in residential schools and colleges will soon be offered free NHS hearing, dental and eyesight checks by trained staff in their schools. NHS sensory ...

Young people with disabilities and additional needs in residential schools and colleges will soon be offered free NHS hearing, dental and eyesight checks by trained staff in their schools. NHS sensory ...

Nursing and charity leaders have welcomed new funding from the Scottish Government to introduce annual health checks for people in the country with learning disabilities. Health boards will receive ...

GPs are conducting rising numbers of health checks in patients with learning difficulties, but most are still missing out on the annual assessments, say researchers. The figures come despite a ...