IN THE NEWS - Supporting people with profound and multiple learning disabilities - service standards
The aims of the Standards are to support in ensuring people with profound and multiple learning disabilities, children and adults, have access to consistent high-quality support throughout their lives, when supported by any service provider. The ambition is that these Standards will be adopted nationally.
Supporting People with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities- Core and Essential Service Standards
Cardiff is a port city on the south coast of Wales, where the River Taff meets the Severn Estuary. It was proclaimed the nation’s capital in 1955. Then in November 2017 the Welsh APCP committee hosted the APCP conference.
NEW NICE GUIDELINE - Developmental follow-up of CYP born pre-term
Neonatal physiotherapists should be helping to provide developmental support and surveillance assessments to prematurely born children, during the first two years of their lives.
Superhero Series launched to increase disability sport
“The idea is simple. To create fun, gutsy events where people with disabilities call the shots and don't have to worry about cut-off times or equipment restrictions. If you need flippers or floats in the water, or want to use your powered wheelchair we make it possible. In fact, as far as I'm concerned, anything goes."
Sophia Warner - Super Hero Series Founder and Paralympian Triathlete
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published its first dedicated guideline on diagnosing and managing cerebral palsy in under 25s, in an attempt to improve recognition and treatment of the condition.
BHTA Launch New Campaign - Failing Disabled Children Across the UK
Are the families, healthcare professional, and other stakeholders you represent getting the help they need or is it a continuous fight? Charities alone cannot support disabled children and we have to find ways for the statutory bodies to work in partnership to find a clear sustainable pathway ahead.
