1. Statement from Caroline Dinenage (Minister of State for Care) about the 2nd LeDeR annual report
The Learning Disabilities Mortality Review (LeDeR) published its second annual report on 4 May It covers the time from 1 July 2016 to 30 November 2017.
The Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) on behalf of NHS England had asked the Norah Fry Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Bristol to run the LeDeR programme.
The report makes a series of national recommendations for NHS England, health and care commissioners and providers.
*(Official Report 8 May 2018, Vol. 640, Col. 545)

2. This Government wants to reduce the poorer quality standard of health care that people with learning disabilities receive.
It wants to reduce the number of people with learning disabilities dying whose lives may have been saved with different health and care treatments.
There is already work underway to deal with the issues raised in the LeDeR report.
The government is working with NHS England and health and care providers to agree what to do about each of the nine recommendations in the LeDeR report.
The government will give a full reply to the report after the summer break.