Here at The Atherstone Surgery, we want to ensure that all our patients have equal access to healthcare. We know that those patients who live with a learning disability face more barriers to accessing healthcare.
Having a learning disability can affect how a person learns new things throughout life. It can affect the way a person understands information, and how they communicate. This means they can have difficulty understanding new or complex information, learning new skills, or coping independently.
People with learning disabilities have individual strengths and abilities. These should be recognised alongside meeting any support needs that are identified. They are often underserved in access to healthcare and experience high levels of health inequality which is unfair.
Because of this we are proud to be a Learning Disability Friendly Practice and do our best to help our patients with Learning disabilities get the most out of their healthcare services.
What does it mean to be a Learning Disability Friendly Practice?
What is a learning disability?
GP Learning Disability Registers
Dynamic Support Register (DSR)
Annual health checks
Help in hospital - Hospital passports
Additional Resources
Easy Read Leaflets