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Primary healthcare for people with a learning disability
- Authors:
- CUMELLA Stuart, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap, 20(4), December 1992, pp.123-125.
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Mental Handicap
The growth in the number of people with learning disability living in the community presents a major challenge to primary care services. Policy options for improving primary healthcare provided to people with a learning disability include: specific monitoring by FHSAs; improved training; clarification of responsibility for medical care; regular medical examinations; and improvements in information systems.
A regional mental impairment service
- Authors:
- CUMELLA Stuart, SANSOM David
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 7(3), 1994, pp.257-272.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
There is no consistent pattern of services in England for people with learning disability who offend or have severe anti-social behaviours. Looks at services in one English health region where the mental impairment service comprises two residential units on hospital sites. Recommends that priority be given to the development of local mental impairment services rather than new medium-secure assessment units.
A report on the challenging behaviour services in an English health region
- Authors:
- CHUNG Man Cheung, CUMELLA Stuart
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 21(2), 1996, pp.141-152.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Reports on a survey of services for people with an intellectual disability in the 20 health districts comprising an English health region, in order to identify specialist services for people with a 'challenging behaviour'. It was found that services varied greatly. Nine health districts had access to specialist challenging behaviour teams, ten and had staffed housing designated for this client group, six has assessment and short-term admission units, and ten had access to respite-care facilities. Other districts relied mainly on hospital admission. Concludes that this diversity of services means that entitlement to appropriate treatment is more dependent on place of residence than on the severity of the behaviour problem.