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NEWS FLASH: The Improving Health & Lives Learning Disabilities Observatory has published a report summarising what we know about the health inequalities faced by people with learning disabilities in the UK
The Department of Health
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Making health services better for people with learning disabilities
The Health Self Assessment Framework and Annual Health Check Up
What’s it all about?
This is to let you know about work going on to make health services in South Central Region better for people with learning disabilities – and how you can help.
You might already have heard about this at a recent meeting of your Partnership Board. If not, it is likely that someone will come to your next Partnership Board meeting to tell you more about it.
All the different people and groups who work in health services have said they will work together to make those services better for people with Learning Disabilities.
They want to check on 4 “Top Targets”. These are:
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Make sure campus homes are closed by 2010 and that people who lived in long stay hospitals have all moved
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Make sure people with learning disabilities can use the same health services, and get as good a service, as everyone else
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Make sure people are safe in our health services and that the service is learning from mistakes in the past
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Make sure we are doing the things that Valuing People Now says will help people’s health
You can help with this work by getting involved
Every year each Partnership Board will have a Big Health Check Up Day.
People with learning disabilities and their families are being invited to that day as well as health staff and managers.
