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Health and Lifestyle
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What is Health and Lifestyle?
This section of the website is about health.
Valuing People says that people with learning disabilities should get the same, good quality, health services as everyone else.
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What does Valuing People say?
That people with learning disabilities should get the same health services that are available to everyone else with expert care when they need it.
Valuing People Objective: "To enable people with learning disabilities to access a health service designed around their individual needs, with fast and convenient care delivered to a consistently high standard, and with additional support where necessary."
What does Valuing People say will happen?
- By Spring 2003 'health facilitators' for people with learning disabilities will be identified
- All people with a learning disability will be registered with a GP by summer 2004
- All people with a learning disability will have a Health Action Plan by June 2005
- The NHS will make sure that mainstream hospital services are accessible to people with learning disabilities
- Action to challenge discrimination against people with learning disabilities from minority ethnic communities
- Action to reduce health inequalities: to explore the feasibility of establishing a confidential enquiry into mortality among people with learning disabilities
- The development of local specialist services for people with severe challenging behaviour is a priority for the capital element of the Learning Disability Development Fund
- The Mental Health National Service Framework will bring new benefits to people with learning disabiltiies
- New role for specialist learning disability services, making most effective use of their expertise.
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Links and Resources
The Disability Rights Commission are looking at whether people with learning disabilities and people with mental health problems get a fair health service. This is called a 'Formal Investigation'. You can find out more from www.drc-gb.org/health.
Report of the Independent Inquiry into Access to Healthcare for People with Learning Disabilities
A new easy health website has now been launched and the address is www.easyhealth.org.uk
List of information about health for people with learning difficulties, families and professionals