Health & Well-Being

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Improving physical and mental health:

  • Health action planning linked to person centred planning
  • Promoting good physical and mental health
  • Access to health services that everyone uses
  • Specialist services that work in person centred ways

The Foundation is proud to host the UK Health and Learning Disability Network, which connects several thousand people who care about the health of people with learning disabilities.

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Improving Access to Mental Health Services for People with Learning Disabilities

To increase the inclusivity of mainstream mental health services for people with learning disabilities who have mental health problems.

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Friends for Life - Learning Disabilities

Friends for Life is a programme that teaches children and young people techniques to cope with anxiety and promotes well-being. We aim to adapt this for children and young people with learning disabilities.

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Equal Access

This practical guide for the NHS helps hospital and community health services understand how to fulfil their responsibilities under the Single Equality Act and ensure that their services are accessible to people with learning disabilities.

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Better Health, Better Metrics

People with learning disabilities often have worse health than people who do not have learning disabilities. The health care they get is not as good as the health care that other people get. We worked with 12 Primary Care Trusts to help them improve.

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The Mental Health of Young People with Learning Disabilities

Children and adolescents with learning disabilities are six times more likely to have a diagnosable psychiatric disorder compared with other children, yet this increased risk of mental illness is not linked to their condition.

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Making Us Count

About a third of a million young people in the UK have a learning disability. Of those, nearly 40% are likely to develop a mental health problem.

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Count Us In: addressing the mental health needs of young people with learning disabilities

This UK wide inquiry was the first major piece of work to address this very serious issue. It was held between 2001 and 2002 and as a result, the findings have helped shape mental health provision and services for young people in England.

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Resources

Find resources including notes on Commissioning Mainstream Health Services.