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Deprivation may not contribute to health inequality in people with learning...

This cross-sectional study used interviews with over 1000 adults with learning disabilities within a defined location along with a review of their medical records. Area deprivation was defined by...

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People with learning disabilities in rural settings in Scotland are not...

Research has consistently shown that access to healthcare services is poor for adults with learning disabilities and for those people who live in rural areas. The researchers in this study set out to...

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Health inequalities and people with learning disabilities: new guidance for...

Improving Health and Lives (IHaL) is the Learning Disabilities Public Health Observatory: a three year project funded by the Department of Health in response to Sir Jonathan Michael’s 2008 inquiry into...

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Providing accessible information to improve access to healthcare for people...

There is a developing understanding of the difficulties faced by people with learning disabilities when they want to access health services. One of the projects that the NHS set in motion to address...

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New Canadian guidelines for primary care of adults with learning disabilities

This Canadian review set out to update guidelines related to primary care of people with learning disabilities. The terms developmental disabilities is used in Canada but is equivalent to the use of...

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Health inequalities in young people with learning disabilities associated...

There has been a developing literature about the health inequalities experienced by people with learning disabilities, leading to a number of policy responses. This literature review focused...

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Difficulties in accessing healthcare remain for people with learning...

The Mencap Getting it Right campaign was launched some time ago in recognition that people with a learning disability were getting a raw deal from the NHS, with unequal access to treatments and reports...

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New Outcomes Framework launched to measure effectiveness of services for...

The healthcare needs of people with learning disabilities have been well covered in the literature. The recent confidential inquiry into premature deaths found delays or problems with diagnosis or...

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New charter for social care organisations to tackle health inequalities for...

Last year, we posted a guest blog by Pauline Heslop, a researcher at the Norah Fry Research Centre, who set out the alarming findings of a confidential enquiry into premature deaths of people with...

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Guide for CCGs on Personal Health Budgets for people with learning disabilities

Background Personal Health budgets were introduced to enable people with long term conditions and disabilities to have greater choice, flexibility and control over the health care and support they...

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BMA sets out actions for ‘parity of esteem’ in learning disability health...

During her presidency of the BMA, Professor Sheila Hollins has hosted a number of seminars on issues faced by vulnerable groups in the NHS, one of which looked at the issues facing people with learning...

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Lack of strategic commitment to annual health checks threatens to widen...

We have posted previously about health checks for people with learning disabilities, for example, the work of My Life My Choice, who looked at why it was that so few people with learning disabilities...

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Healthcare for people with learning disabilities DH progress report and...

The Six Lives report in 2009 investigated the provision of public services to people with learning disabilities following the deaths of the six people with learning disabilities highlighted in Mencap’s...

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We need to empower & educate all stakeholders and provide person-centred care...

Despite an increasing body of research evidence that demonstrates the ongoing health inequalities experienced by people with learning disabilities, there have been few changes in policy and practice....

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Better training for medical students can combat health inequalities for...

People with learning disabilities experience health inequalities and can face significant barriers in accessing healthcare. Whilst doctors have traditionally received little specific training in this...

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How can commissioners improve the mental health and wellbeing of children and...

Alison Turner summarises the Department of Health's Future in Mind report, which builds on the work of the Children & Young People’s Mental Health Taskforce and sets out a vision for increased...

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Mammography – helping women with learning disabilities to prepare

Previous studies have suggested that women with learning disabities can feel frustrated at their lack of preparation for attendance for a mammogram. Here Rosalyn Hithersay looks at a study, which sets...

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Fit to practice? LGBT inclusion in health and social care education and...

Sarah Carr explores a study on the inclusion of LGBT issues in health and social care education and accreditation and finds worrying marginalisation. The post Fit to practice? LGBT inclusion in health...

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Readmission to hospital for people with learning disabilities. A study in one...

We know that people with learning disabilities have poorer health than those without learning disabilities and may also receive poorer quality healthcare. Emergency or unplanned readmissions may be one...

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Integrated care for the physical health of people with severe mental illness:...

Liz Hughes summarises a recent rapid review on integrated care to address the physical health needs of people with severe mental illness. The post Integrated care for the physical health of people with...

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