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Secondary Healthcare and Learning Disability

Results of Consensus Development Conferences

Stuart Cumella

University of Birmingham Medical School, UK S.Cumella{at}bham.ac.uk

David Martin

University of Birmingham Medical School, UK

Many people with learning disabilities live shorter lives and have poorer health than the rest of the population. This results in part from less access to healthcare, and several studies have evaluated ways of improving primary healthcare for this group. Much less attention has been paid to the experiences of people with a learning disability in general hospitals. This exploratory study used consensus development conferences of people with a learning disability, their supporters, family, professionals and managers. It was reported that hospitals frequently failed to communicate with, provide emotional support for, or adapt to the specific needs of patients with a learning disability. Hospital staff noted that community services failed to provide information about patients, and that hospital staff lacked training in communicating with people with a learning disability. Fieldwork identified a range of solutions to deal with these problems, most of which involved incremental changes in hospital and community health procedures.

Key Words: development conferences • hospital care • learning disability

Journal of Learning Disabilities, Vol. 8, No. 1, 30-40 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/1469004704041703
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