In September we launched a year-long campaign to bring awareness to the importance of annual health checks for people with learning disabilities. What gave the campaign urgency were the shocking mortality rates for people with a learning disability who were dying up to 27 years younger* than the general population, many from preventable causes. […]
17 October 2018. People with learning disabilities in Coventry and Warwickshire are still not having annual health checks with GPs and Grapevine’s H-Team is campaigning to change this on a national level. They generally have poorer physical and mental health and a significantly lower life expectancy than the general population. But it doesn’t need to […]
We’re welcoming two new(ish) starters to the Grapevine team – Herbie Cullip and Emma O’Brien! They join us on our long-running project strengthening learning disabled and autistic people and enabling them to build the lives they want. Also known as Help and Connect. Help and Connect is a small, friendly team supporting Coventry people to […]
People with mental illness are at greater risk of poor physical health. But they qualify for a free annual health check with their GP. We want to find out why people aren’t getting their annual check up, so we can remove any barriers and help people stay healthy. Are you a Coventry or Warwickshire resident, […]
This just in – the number of Annual Health Checks carried out for people with learning disabilities in Coventry and Warwickshire has jumped up 32 per cent in the past 12 months! The steady climb from 39 per cent in April 2020 – at the start of the UK’s Covid crisis – to just over […]
People with learning disabilities are dying young from preventable and treatable medical conditions at a far higher rate than the general population, NHS England statistics reveal*. ‘Far higher than’ equates to a woman with a learning disability losing her life 27 years sooner on average than a woman without a learning disability. For men, their […]
An expert by experience (EbE) has praised the creation of a new kitemark standard to help identify GP practices that are actively ‘learning disability friendly’ after developing the scheme with Grapevine, Coventry and Warwickshire’s NHS Integrated Care Board (ICB) and a group of local doctors. Starco shared her story at last month’s launch event, saying: […]
A national study to identify good examples of learning disability awareness training for health professionals has highlighted Grapevine’s work in Coventry and Warwickshire as a case study of effective best practice. Our Health Team is made up of people with lived experience of learning disabilities and project leads, Alice and Kelly. Together they deliver a […]
The next generation of social workers from Coventry University have been getting an insight into people with a learning disability directly from the very people who know the most about it! Grapevine’s Sam and a core group of people with different learning disabilities who make up the H Team visited the university last month for […]