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A new strategy for learning disability care
- Author:
- GOODARE Lee
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 28.10.03, 2003, pp.42-43.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Reports on an award winning project by a nurse from Wokingham Primary Care Trust which ensures that patients with learning difficulties have access to primary care services.
Less equal than others?
- Author:
- VALIOS Natalie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 21.8.03, 2003, pp.24-26.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on recent cases which illustrate that people with learning difficulties are still being treated as second class citizens by the health service, despite the government's Valuing People policies and targets for health action plans.
The health of people with learning disabilities in the UK: evidence and implications for the NHS
- Authors:
- ELLIOT Johan, HATTON Chris, EMERSON Eric
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Integrated Care, 11(3), June 2003, pp.9-17.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Presents a comprehensive review of the UK research literature on the health needs of people with learning disabilities, and the response of mainstream health services to those health needs. Searches were conducted on computerised databases Medline and PsycInfo; hand searches of publications; and consultation with UK researches in the field of health and people with learning difficulties. Publications written in English, focusing on matters relating to health among people with learning difficulties in the UK, published in peer-reviewed journals from 1990 onwards were included in the review. Evidence from the review demonstrated that people with learning difficulties in the UK have significantly poorer health than the UK population generally. Despite these health needs, people with learning difficulties receive poorer support from mainstream health services, across primary care, hospital services and screening programmes.
Extra care
- Author:
- CROUCH David
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 8.7.03, 2003, pp.22-25.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Looks at the importance of nurses being aware of the additional care needs of patients with disablities.
A bitter pill
- Author:
- BARRY Nicola
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 42, 13.08.03, 2003, pp.6-9.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Reports on recent Fatal Accident Inquiries in Scotland which have raised questions over the treatment of people with learning disabilities by the NHS.
Warning: health choices can kill
- Authors:
- FLYNN Margaret, KEYWOOD Kirsty, FOVARGUE Sara
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adult Protection, 5(1), February 2003, pp.30-34.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The White Paper 'Valuing people' is shaped by the principles of legal and civil rights, independence, choice and inclusion. This article argues that in matters of health that are not within the experiences of adults with learning difficulties, a duty of care should override choice.
Threshold: determining the extent of impairment to children's development
- Authors:
- LITTLE Michael, AXFORD Nick, MORPETH Louise
- Publisher:
- Warren House
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 78p.
- Place of publication:
- Totnes
This practice tool helps practitioners to collect information about a child's health and development and to analyse it in a logical sequence that identifies the type and seriousness of impairment to development. Weighed alongside other criteria, the results help to improve decisions about if and how to intervene in a child's life. The tool seeks to improve the consistency of practice decisions, both in relation to an individual practitioner's caseload and across children's services. To that end, the tool encourages greater consultation about difficult judgements. The tool also helps practitioners evaluate their own practice.
Working together: developing and providing services for people with learning disabilities and mental health problems
- Author:
- UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. King's College. Centre for Mental Health Services Development
- Publisher:
- Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 110p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Working Together Resource Pack provides materials to encourage and support joint working between mental health and learning disability services. The aim is to improve access to effective and appropriate support for people with learning disabilities and additional mental health problems. The pack will be useful to a broad range of staff in learning disability and mental health services, PCTs and Local Authorities, Local Implementation Teams and Valuing People Partnership Boards. It should be of interest to family carers, staff and people who use both mental health and learning disability services, to understand services systems, structures and processes.
Access to secondary care for people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- HUNT Cath, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 20.1.04, 2003, pp.34-36.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
People with learning difficulties sometimes have problems maintaining their health because hospitals fail to work in an interdisciplinary manner with the specialist learning disability services. This article focuses on a case study where the difficulties in operating on a patient with learning disabilities and mental health problems were overcome through a multidisciplinary and patient centred approach. The case study provides evidence of mainstream health staff and learning disability professionals working together and breaking down barriers to provide a seamless service.
GP and support people's concerns and priorities for meeting the health care needs of individuals with developmental disabilities: a metropolitan and non-metropolitan comparison
- Authors:
- IACONO Teresa, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 28(4), December 2003, pp.353-368.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
General practitioners (GPs) from the Australian state of Victoria and support people were surveyed about their concerns and priorities for meeting the health care needs of people with developmental disabilities. Despite the poor response rate (22% and 27%), sampling adequacy was obtained, and the tools were found to have construct validity. According to the results, GPs had concerns about the assessment and management of people with developmental disability and tended to rely on support people. They knew about many services in their communities, but were less likely to know about non-medical, and government and non-government disability services. Support people reported concerns about health care service providers' lack of knowledge, family stress during periods of hospitalisation, and, particularly for rural respondents, the need to travel to access services. There were relatively few differences in responses from metropolitan versus non-metropolitan respondents, which may be explained by the relative accessibility of Victorian rural towns when compared with other Australian states.