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Learning Disabilities Overview 2012 Board of Directors in Public 29 February 2012

Learning Disabilities Overview 2012 Board of Directors in Public 29 February 2012. Learning Disability. What is LD How many people have LD What are the MH needs How does MH fit with LD service Carers may have LD (ageing population). Relevance to MH Service.

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Learning Disabilities Overview 2012 Board of Directors in Public 29 February 2012

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  1. Learning Disabilities Overview 2012 Board of Directors in Public 29 February 2012

  2. Learning Disability • What is LD • How many people have LD • What are the MH needs • How does MH fit with LD service • Carers may have LD (ageing population)

  3. Relevance to MH Service • Equal access – Equality Act & Human Rights • CQC Indicators – Green Light • Increased MH needs

  4. 58 times more likely to die aged under 50 than other people. Just 1 in 3 people with a LD take part in some form of education or training. Less than 1 in 5 people with a LD work (compared with 1 in 2 disabled people generally), at least 65% of people with a LD want to work.

  5. Half of all families with children with a LD live in poverty. At least half of all adults with a LD live in the family home – (limited chance to gain independence, learn key skills and make choices about their own lives). Just 15% of people with a LD have a secure long-term tenancy or own their own home.

  6. Diagnostic overshadowing Higher MH & Physical Health needs Communication reasonable adjustments Carers Keep it simple Equal rights and access What we need to remember

  7. Green Light and Local MH/LD Group Joint Protocol Staff training Clinical Specialist Role Increased information – staff and easyread Service User Interview Audit Recording LD Joint working/training Non Executive Director Champion Role LD Children's team in North East Essex Developments

  8. Raise awareness Public engagement Carers Be alert and sensitive to this client group What you can do

  9. Need to know more…….. Please contact me Nicola Armstrong Advanced Clinical Specialist Birchwood 2 Boxted Road Colchester Essex CO4 5HG 01206 228549 NiArmstrong@nepft.nhs.uk

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