.../methodology/approach This commentary outlines considerations for multidisciplinary team working and professional roles both within and beyond the community learning disability team. It discusses models of service delivery and competency frameworks relating to eating, drinking and swallowing services...

... at: kmelling0@gmail.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Learning disabilities Social inclusion Valuing People Policy Implementation Competence The paper by Kate Blamires illustrates the significant progress made since the 1990s in the development of policy and in the profile...

...) such as the learning disabled, demented, mentally ill and neurodiverse, must decide whether to respect their decisions as competent, or to disregard the decisions on the grounds of incompetence and to act in the person's best interests. As many will lack training in their clinical and legal responsibilities...