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Training code aims to raise ca ...

New guidance has been launched to ensure the quality of training offered to healthcare staff in learning disabilities and autism meets acceptable standards. The Oliver McGowan code of practice aims to ...

McGowan devastated by another ...

A campaigning mum who lost her autistic son after he was given antipsychotic medication in hospital says she is “devastated” over the death of another child in the NHS. Paula McGowan described the ...

Antipsychotics ‘still used a ...

Antipsychotic medications are still widely used as an off-label “chemical cosh” on autistic people and people with a learning disability. That’s the view of campaigner Paula McGowan. She says me ...

NHS is still failing learning ...

National health and care systems in the UK are not designed to look after people with learning disabilities effectively. That’s the key finding from a report on the care of learning-disabled adults ...

Children still ‘failed’ in ...

A mother who won the right for her autistic son to be given a kidney transplant says children and young people are being “badly failed”. Ami McLennan says 17-year-old son William Verden is “doin ...

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 ...

Learning disabled go to front ...

A hospital trust is to prioritise people with learning disabilities for treatment. Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust will make the learning disabled a treatment priority as part of plans to ...

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 ...

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