Health Checklists for People with Learning Disability
Annual health check toolkits, Down syndrome specific checklists, and GP resources for identifying and managing health conditions in adults with learning disabilities
Overview
Health checks for people with learning disabilities toolkit.
People with learning disabilities (LD) have poorer physical and mental health than other people and die younger. Many of these deaths are avoidable and not inevitable. Annual Health Checks can identify undetected health conditions early, ensure the appropriateness of ongoing treatments and establish trust and continuity of care. GPs and practice nurses have the much-needed generalist skills to help people with LD get timely access to increasingly complex health systems.
Resources
- Letters from DSA for members to use. These letters, which are now removed from the DSA website, are useful documents that can be adapted for your use.