This website is aimed at people working to drive forward improvements in acute hospital services for people with learning disabilities throughout the South West of England.

Action is underway to improve the patient experience and reduce the level of health inequalities experienced by people with a learning disability and their families. The Strategic Health Authority will be working with commissioners to co-ordinate a peer review of acute hospitals ability to meet the needs of people with learning disability throughout NHS South West between September and October 2010. » Find out more about the review.

Making involvement count

An important aspect of the peer review was the leading role played by people with a learning disability and their carers. The two video clips below capture their thoughts about the review process and being part of the team.


 

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People with a learning disability are:

  • More likely to die before the age of 50
  • More likely to die of respiratory disease
  • More likely to have epilepsy
  • More likely to have weight problems, and
  • More likely to have mental health problems.

See the person, not the disability

We support Mencap’s Getting it right charter

  • All people with a learning disability have an equal right to healthcare
  • All healthcare professionals have a duty to make reasonable adjustments to the treatment they provide to people with a learning disability
  • All healthcare professionals should provide a high standard of care and treatment and value the lives of people with a learning disability

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