A review had found that 39% of deaths with a known cause had been avoidable. The figure has now been revised to 40%.

NHS trusts should be measured on their performance in providing healthcare access to people with learning disabilities, a leading campaigner has said. David Congdon, Mencap's head of campaigns and ...

Mencap has called for the ban on athletes with a learning disability from competing at the Paralympics to be lifted ahead of the start of this year's games in Beijing next week. People with learning ...