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The Challenging Behaviour Foundation @cbfdn.bsky.social · 5h

We agree with NICCY & CLC the government in Northern Ireland must honour previous commitments to bring forward reformed legislation and guidance on restraint and seclusion in school. Change is essential to protect disabled children & young people from abuses in school. www.niccy.org/news/79-join...

Joint statement on withdrawal from Restraint and Seclusion Task and Finish Group - Niccy

"Today marks two years into my term in office as the Northern Ireland (NI) Commissioner for Children and Young People and serves as an opportunity to pause and reflect. My focus as Commissioner is sim...

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The Challenging Behaviour Foundation @cbfdn.bsky.social · 8h

(5/5) We warmly welcome the Minister’s commitment to work with people with lived experience and other stakeholders to do this.

The Challenging Behaviour Foundation @cbfdn.bsky.social · 8h

(4/5) The government must ensure that this community support is developed in a timely manner, so that children, young people and adults with learning disabilities or who are autistic have the right to live in their local communities upheld.

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The Challenging Behaviour Foundation @cbfdn.bsky.social · 8h

(3/5) Powerful campaigning from people with learning disabilities, autistic people, families and charities has got us to this point and now people’s voices are needed more than ever.

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The Challenging Behaviour Foundation @cbfdn.bsky.social · 8h

(2/5) Without sufficient community support, the changes in the Mental Health Bill that will prevent people with learning disabilities and autistic people from being detained in hospital when they do not have a mental health condition will not be enacted.

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The Challenging Behaviour Foundation @cbfdn.bsky.social · 8h

(1/5) Yesterday, Stephen Kinnock, the Minister for Care, set out in Parliament the need to work with people with lived experience to coproduce a government roadmap for developing community support to prevent inappropriate detention.

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The Challenging Behaviour Foundation @cbfdn.bsky.social · 10d

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The Challenging Behaviour Foundation @cbfdn.bsky.social · 10d

(3/2) If you have been affected by any of the issues raised in this article, you can call the Family Support Service on 0300 666 0126 or email us at [email protected]

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The Challenging Behaviour Foundation @cbfdn.bsky.social · 10d

(2/3) It is not good enough to know what makes a difference if it is not put into practice. Now is the time to act to address the systemic health inequalities faced by people with learning disabilities.

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The Challenging Behaviour Foundation @cbfdn.bsky.social · 10d

(1/3) A devastating ITV news article. Adrian, Oliver and Louis all died too young. Families share their views on failures in NHS learning disability care. For over 20 years there has been a focus on how to prevent avoidable deaths.

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The Challenging Behaviour Foundation @cbfdn.bsky.social · 10d

Alongside other organisations and campaigners, we’ve written to Health Secretary Wes Streeting calling on him to address the falling numbers of Learning Disability Nurses, so that people with learning disabilities can continue to access this essential support – read our joint letter below.

Mencap joins charities, campaigners and health leaders to warn of the imminent collapse of the learning disability nursing workforce

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The Challenging Behaviour Foundation @cbfdn.bsky.social · 10d

The recent LeDeR report showed that Learning Disability Nurses help to tackle the unacceptable health inequalities that people with learning disabilities continue to face.
But their numbers have fallen significantly over the last 15 years, and the university courses that train them are closing.

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The Challenging Behaviour Foundation @cbfdn.bsky.social · 10d

Learning Disability Nurses play a vital role in helping children, young people and adults with severe learning disabilities to access healthcare – through personalised communication, listening to families, coordinating support, and ensuring reasonable adjustments.

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The Challenging Behaviour Foundation @cbfdn.bsky.social · 29d

(3/3)To read the CBF’s full statement, click here: www.challengingbehaviour.org.uk/news/read-th...

The Challenging Behaviour Foundation @cbfdn.bsky.social · 29d

(2/3) "When families ask for support, that is exactly what they should get. We urge the government to take forward these proposals and ensure that the experiences of children with severe learning disabilities and the voices of family carers continue to be heard as reforms are implemented."

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The Challenging Behaviour Foundation @cbfdn.bsky.social · 29d

(1/3)The Law Commission has published its Review of social care for disabled children in England.

"The current system of support for disabled children and their families is in urgent need of reform." - Jacqui Shurlock, Chief Executive, the Challenging Behaviour Foundation

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The Challenging Behaviour Foundation @cbfdn.bsky.social · Sep 3

(9/9) If you have been affected by any of the issues raised in this report, you can call the Family Support Service on 0300 666 0126 or email us at [email protected]

The Challenging Behaviour Foundation @cbfdn.bsky.social · Sep 3

(8/9) There is no excuse, the evidence is clear. Now we need action that makes a difference. Read our full statement here: bit.ly/4n6wx5q

People with learning disabilities are dying when their deaths are avoidable: moving from learning to action– CBF’s statement on the 2023 LeDeR report

The latest 2023 LeDeR report, published yesterday (02/09/25) finds, as in previous years, that people with learning disabilities die early because of poor care, a lack of co-ordination and failures to...

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The Challenging Behaviour Foundation @cbfdn.bsky.social · Sep 3

(7/9) The Government must work with people with learning disabilities, families and other stakeholders to identify and take concerted action to address the barriers to good health care.

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The Challenging Behaviour Foundation @cbfdn.bsky.social · Sep 3

(6/9) The 10 Year Health Plan, published by the Government earlier this year, acknowledged the healthcare inequalities and poorer life expectancies that people with learning disabilities face.

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The Challenging Behaviour Foundation @cbfdn.bsky.social · Sep 3

(5/9) The report also found ethnic disparities; people from non-white backgrounds died at younger ages and avoidable deaths were higher.

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The Challenging Behaviour Foundation @cbfdn.bsky.social · Sep 3

(4/9) 1 in 4 deaths of people with severe or profound and multiple learning disabilities were treatable – had better care and coordination been available, they would not have died.

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The Challenging Behaviour Foundation @cbfdn.bsky.social · Sep 3

(3/9) Of the people whose lives and deaths were looked at by LeDeR, 38.8% of deaths of people with a learning disability in 2023 could have been avoided.

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The Challenging Behaviour Foundation @cbfdn.bsky.social · Sep 3

(2/9) The report provides us with data, but every number represents a person- a son, daughter, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, a friend - a member of a family who was loved. Too many people died prematurely when they should have had longer lives.

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The Challenging Behaviour Foundation @cbfdn.bsky.social · Sep 3

(1/9)After a delay of almost a year, the most recent Learning from Lives and Deaths–People with a Learning Disability and Autistic People (LeDeR) report has been published. This report looks at the lives and deaths of people with a learning disability and autistic people who died in England in 2023.

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