Read the ALLIANCE’S summary report from our ALLIANCE Connect: Learning Disability Focus event
- Area of Work: The ALLIANCE
- Type: News Item
- Published: 8th January 2025
ALLIANCE Members came together to connect, share experience, and discuss key issues facing those with learning disabilities across Scotland.
On the 26th November 2024, the ALLIANCE worked with members to host a focused ALLIANCE Connect networking session which brought together members from across our lived experience, professional associate, and organisational networks gathered to connect, share experience of, and discuss key national issues facing those with learning disabilities across Scotland.
One area of predominant focus throughout the event was the implementation of annual health checks for adults with learning disabilities across Scottish Health Boards which began in 2022. This area of focus emerged as particularly salient for many ALLIANCE members, following findings from a recent Scottish Labour FOI, which uncovered regional inequity in implementation and highlighted national under delivery of annual health checks across Scotland. The following report, which can be found below, outlines the key points of discussion and areas of importance raised by ALLIANCE members.
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