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A healthier future
- Authors:
- WHITE David, MORRIS Peter, FLUET Christian
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 14.8.96, 1996, pp.59-60.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Looks at how South Bedfordshire Community Healthcare NHS Trust is helping to deliver more sensitive services to people with learning disabilities and their carers.
GP fundholding and the health of people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- FLYNN Margaret, HOWARD Jacqueline, PURSEY Anne
- Publisher:
- National Development Team
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 31p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
Learning disabilities: the challenge for nursing
- Author:
- MATTHEWS David R.
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 3.7.96, 1996, pp.36-38.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Over the past 10 years, people with learning disabilities have moved out of institutions and into the community. Their care is now seen as a social, rather than a health, issue. But there is a danger that this may lead to their general health needs being over looked. Argues that specialist registered mental handicap nurses are ideally suited to bridging this gap, possibly in partnership with primary health care teams.
Sold short
- Author:
- MODDIA Bala
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 6.5.96, 1996, pp.26-30.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
Community care has shifted the main responsibility for the general health care of people with Down's Syndrome to the primary health-care team. Argues that what primary health-care teams have to offer falls far short of the ideal.
Primary care for people with an intellectual disability - a group practice survey
- Authors:
- KERR M.P., RICHARDS D., GLOVER Geraldine
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 9(4), 1996, pp.347-352.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Describes the process of identification and subsequent examination of the delivery of health care to people with an intellectual disability in a single general practice. The study was undertaken in group practice with a list size of 11,425. Identification through practice and community intellectual disability teams was followed by a note-base assessment of health promotion and consultation rates. Comparison was made with age-sex matched non-disabled controls. Reports on the survey findings.
Primary care: opportunities and threats: broader teamwork in primary care
- Authors:
- KENDRICK Tony, HILTON Sean
- Journal article citation:
- British Medical Journal, 1.3.97, 1996, pp.672-675.
- Publisher:
- British Medical Association
Discusses the possible opportunities for general practices to extend and develop their services with the new white papers on primary care. Outlines two examples of new services: a practice led proposal to develop an integrated service for people with learning disability across a whole district, and a community health trust's contribution to extend primary care in an inner city area.
Primary health care for people with a learning disability: a keynote review
- Authors:
- KERR Mike, FRASER William, FELCE David
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 24(1), 1996, pp.2-8.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
The delivery of health care to people with a learning disability living in the community has come under increasing scrutiny. Concerns have been raised over both the current quality of this care and its future organisation. This article reviews the evidence on current practice focusing on epidemiology, health status and policy directives affecting primary health care. Four specific areas for service developments are identified: an individual focus within an epidemiological framework, the evaluation of the effectiveness of current therapies, practice organisations and the awareness of health within social care. It is proposed that an effective model of primary health care is possible, supported by research, training, inter-service collaboration and purchasing guidelines.