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Medics fail autistic and LD pa ...

Pain can express itself as self-harm and be missed because of diagnostic overshadowing in people with autism and a learning disability, according to new research. Diagnostic overshadowing happens when ...

NHS staff autism training beco ...

Measures to ensure all NHS staff receive training in learning disabilities and autism now have the full force of the law behind them. The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training in Learning Disability and A ...

Transplant ruling may set a pr ...

A mother who won the right for her autistic son to receive a kidney transplant says she wants the case to “set a precedent”. Ami McLennan fought medics who said giving son William, 17, a transplan ...

Oliver: doctor faces investiga ...

Almost five years after the death of autistic teen Oliver McGowan, the General Medical Council (GMC) has announced an investigation into the doctor who prescribed an antipsychotic that an inquest rule ...

Apology over probe into Oliver ...

Health officials have apologised for a botched investigation into the death of autistic teen Oliver McGowan. Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Gr ...

NHS admits Oliver’s death av ...

The death of an autistic teen after suffering an allergic reaction to antipsychotic medication was “potentially avoidable”. That’s the view of the specialist Learning Disability Mortality Review ...

Criminal probe into Oliver‘s ...

British police are to investigate the death of teenager Oliver McGowan, who was prescribed antipsychotic medication that an inquest said led to his death. The drug in question, Olanzapine, was admin ...

New probe into death of Oliver ...

A learning disabilities expert will lead a new probe into the death of an autistic teenager. Fiona Ritchie will head the inquiry into the death of 18-year-old Oliver McGowan. The young man suffered an ...

Mum petitions for forced autis ...

All health professionals should receive mandatory training in autism and learning disabilities. That’s the view of Paula McGowan, whose 18-year-old son Oliver died at Southmead Hospital, Bristol, af ...

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