According to BBC analysis, 73% of Essex County Council's £1.3bn of spending on services goes on social care. That leaves 27% ...

Peter House in Frinton-on-Sea has been told to improve after an inspection A care home for people with learning disabilities ...

More than a quarter of people surveyed on their attitudes towards people with learning difficulties said they would not want a care home for them built where they lived. In a poll of 300 people, 27 % ...

A new artificial intelligence (AI) model has been developed to predict how long a person with a learning disability is likely to stay in hospital, offering valuable insights that could improve care ...

A project that will bring together clinicians and patients with learning difficulties to improve care for people in the West Midlands has been launched. Sign up for the top news stories every day to ...

Below is an extract from the new book All About Us! The story of people with a learning disability and Mencap. The book is compiled by Mencap president Brian Rix. The text below is by Mencap chief ...