Physical and mental health services for people with learning disabilities

The Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities want people with learning disabilities to have good physical and mental health
 

We have been working to improve health care for people with learning disabilities for over 5 years
 

We have produced a range of materials and worked with other organisations to improve health care for people with learning disabilities

Valuing health for all

12 project sites across England explored the strategic and practitioner links needed to address health inequalities and improve access to health services.

Following the project we produced an Action Guide. This guide shows how the knowledge and expertise of people with learning disabilities themselves and of specialist learning disability staff can help Primary Care Trusts to deliver and commission better services.

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Healthy Lives

This project wanted find out how to get people with learning disabilities to think and talk about the role that health plays in their lives.

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Better Health, Better Metrics

This project is working with Primary Care Trusts and their partner organisations to address the health inequalities experienced by people with learning disabilities.

For this project, we have worked with a number of Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) that wished to address the health inequalities experienced by people with learning disabilities, using the NHS scheme  'Better Metrics'. We have produced a range of materials to support this project.

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Access for All

A project running 3 Action Learning Sets in England to improve access to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) for children and young people with learning disabilities and mental health problems.

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Children and Mental Health Services (CAMHS)

Scoping and consultancy work to improve access to services and support for children and young people with learning disabilities and mental health problems.

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Count Us In

This was inquiry that looked at the mental health of young people with learning disabilities. It confirmed that mental health services for these young people are fragmented and that it can be extremely difficult for some young people to access help before their problems deteriorate.

As a result of this inquiry, we produced a report and two booklets which provide information about the mental health and emotional wellbeing of young people with learning disabilities.

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Developing Connexions  

This project checked how well the Connexions service works with young people with disabilities, mental health needs or autistic spectrum disorders.The final report presents the learning and findings of the work and can be downloaded from its accompanying accessible website.

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Green Light for mental health: A service improvement toolkit

Green Light is a framework and self audit toolkit for improving mental health support services for people with learning disabilities. It provides a picture of what services should be aiming to achieve, including quality outcomes, and a self assessment checklist. It is aimed at Mental Health Local Implementation Teams and Learning Disability Partnership Boards.

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Include us too: Developing and improving services to meet the mental health needs of people with learning disabilities.

This workbook is for commissioners and managers in mental health and learning disability services. It is about helping people with learning disabilities to maintain good mental health or to have a good lifestyle and good support if they have mental health problems.

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Making Us Count

This programme of research that funded 4projects to improve access to high quality mental health support for young people with learning disabilities. Various resources were produced, including DVDs, workshops for young people and parents and a report.

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Working together:  Developing and providing services for people with learning disabilities and mental health problems

The Working Together Resource pack provides materials to encourage and support joint working between mental health and learning disability services. The aim is to improve access to effective and appropriate support for people with learning disabilities and additional mental health problems.

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