Links to Useful Resources – Web Sites & Documents
This page aims to provide some useful resources for employers, carers, staff, students and others – it is currently ‘under construction’ and we would welcome any suggestions.
Physical Interventions:
Guardian article about the death of an NHS patient during restraint (2006):
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2006/oct/24/mentalhealth.socialcare
Report into the death of David ‘Rocky’ Bennett (1998):
http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Society/documents/2004/02/12/Bennett.pdf
NSPCC Report for parliament into the use of restraint in Secure Training Centres:
Learning Disabilities – Documents:
A Life Like Any Other? – Parliamentary Report on the Human Rights of People Learning Disabilities 2007/8
Learning Disabilities – Web Sites:
British Institute of Learning Disabilities (BILD)
Foundation For People with Learning Disabilities
http://www.learningdisabilities.org.uk/
NHS National Library for Health – Learning Disabilities
http://www.library.nhs.uk/learningdisabilities/
Department Of Health – Social Care – Learning Disabilities
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/SocialCare/Deliveringadultsocialcare/Learningdisabilities/index.htm
Royal College Of Psychiatrists – Learning Disabilities Information
http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mentalhealthinformation/mentalhealthproblems/learningdisabilities.aspx
MIND – Understandind Learning Disabilities
http://www.mind.org.uk/Information/Booklets/Understanding/Understanding+learning+disabilities.htm
Valuing People Support Team
http://valuingpeople.gov.uk/index.jsp
The Learning Disability Coalition
http://www.learningdisabilitycoalition.org.uk/
Suggest a link – email to nick (at) timian.co.uk
