The LD Professional Senate is made up of members of the various Colleges and Societies that represent groups of clinical professionals who provide specialist health support to children and adults who have learning disabilities. It covers the jurisdictions of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The aim of the Learning Disability Professional Senate is to provide a single voice through which we can lead and inform NHS England, Department of Health and other strategy leads about the needs of children and adults with learning disabilities. It brings together professional leaders from across the UK, to provide a collective voice of specialist health and social care practitioners.
The Senate provides cross-professional collaboration, strategic advice and innovation to develop both mainstream and specialist services for children and adults with learning disabilities. The Senate recognises and works with the range of professionals working with children and adults with learning disabilities to champion inter-agency, multi-disciplinary, holistic approaches.
Contact Dr Ashok Roy, [email protected], or Viki Baker, [email protected]
Resources
- STOMP STAMP Standard of Practice (March 2026)
- STOMP STAMP Standards of Practice: Resource Appendix (March 2026)
- We are pleased to share the IST Position Statement 2026, which synthesises national learning from Intensive Support Teams for people with learning disabilities.
- Challenging Behaviour – A Unified Approach (April 2016) Please note this document is currently being updated.
September 2026
- North Middlesex University Hospital – The Role of the Learning Disability Physician
- NCEPOD – Learning Together
- Leeds and York Partnership Foundation Trust – Specialist GP Learning Disability Physician
January 2026
- NHS England – Community ingredients work
- People’s Parliament Lewisham – Relationships and sexual health
- People’s Parliament Lewisham – Relationships and sexual health report
- Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust – Sex and relationships education booklet
- Challenging behaviour: a unified approach – update 2
- UCL – SFIRS ADHD ID presentation