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National Library for Health launch new web site about the Health Needs of People with Learning Disabilities.
People with learning disabilities have a higher level of health needs than the general population, many of which are unmet. The Learning Disability Health Needs Knowledge Week provides concise summaries of published research for some key health issues:
* Cancer* Coronary heart disease* Epilepsy and challenging behaviour* Respiratory illness
We know that many people with learning disabilities do not to seek out support from the healthcare system unaided, and that healthcare issues can remain undiagnosed or untreated. Healthcare professionals in primary care have infrequent contact with people with learning disabilities, and few have had specific training, although the requirement to offer Health Action Planning to people with learning disabilities to help identifyhealthcare needs should improve outcomes.
Please promote the health needs site across your networks:
http://www.library.nhs.uk/learningdisabilities/ViewResource.aspx?resID=259901
Source: National Library for Health, 23/04/2007
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