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Promote access to healthcare for individuals with learning disabilities

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In this tutorial you will learn:

About the Equality Act 2010
About the five statutory principles of the Mental Capacity Act
About the 'Getting it right charter'

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Click the icon to access the 'Health and Care of People with Learning Disabilities, Experimental Statistics 2021 to 2022' which provides information about the key differences in healthcare between people with a learning disability and those without. It contains aggregated data on key health issues for people who are recorded by their GP as having a learning disability, and comparative data about a control group who are not recorded by their GP as having a learning disability.
Click to read ‘Code of practice: Mental Health Act 1983’ by the Department of Health and Social Care
Click to find useful resources on ‘Key government documents on the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) 2005’ on the SCIE website. The directory helps to raise awareness about the Mental Capacity Act (MCA), including the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS). You will find useful information and tools to help understand or implement it. There is material here for people who may be subject to the Act’s provisions, and for professionals from a range of backgrounds.
Click to read ‘Consent and people with intellectual disabilities: The basics’ on the University of Hertfordshire website.
Click to read ‘Equality and equity of access to healthcare for people with intellectual disabilities’ on the university of Hertfordshire website.
Click to read ‘Improving Access to Mental Health Services for People with Learning Disabilities’ on the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities website.

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