Conversations about my GP appointment

Report - 2 July 2022

We expect effective, high-quality support to manage existing conditions and help us live healthy lives and people with learning disabilities and or autism should expect no less and receive the same service as everyone else. People with a learning disability generally have poorer outcomes in life, experience inequalities in access to healthcare and have significantly lower life expectancy (Care Quality Commission, CQC, 2016).

The quality and effectiveness of health and social care given to people with learning disabilities and or autism has been shown to be deficient in a number of ways. Despite numerous previous investigations and reports, nationally, many professionals are either not aware of, or do not include in their usual practice, approaches that adapt services to meet the needs of people with learning disabilities and or autism.

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