People with LD and treatment in the NHS

[steveg]

Report into how people with learning disabilities appear to get a 2nd class service in NHS. Follow link below

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7530624.stm

Working in our field for a number of years, I've had mixed experiences of treatment recieved for individuals with a learning disabilities, thankfully not to the degree as some of the cases highlighted in the report.

But how have you found accessing services?

Be interesting to hear positive and negatives stories. Is the report spot on?

[diecredewhile]

I was talking to a nursing colleague who states that many nurses appear to have major difficulties with issues such as controlled cutting etc. There is a conflcit with the NHS system and nurses perceived duty of care. The nursing colleague doe not see a conflict but, others do. From my own point of view issues such as controlled cutting especially for teenagers requires clinical freedoms which are not always apparent in the NHS. There is an initiative to be proposed at the next Royal College of Nursing congress by some members which aims to clarify why such methods are difficult to address in the Health Service.

What do people think?

[Trude]

DOH published a guidance called "Equal Acccess?" in December 2009:
http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/documents/digitalasset/dh_109751.pdf
It contains good practice examples and links to people and organisations working to improve people with ID's healthcare.

[forumAdmin]

DOH published a guidance called "Equal Acccess?" in December 2009:
http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/documents/digitalasset/dh_109751.pdf
It contains good practice examples and links to people and organisations working to improve people with ID's healthcare.

Thank you Trude - good to have your input.