Friday, December 10, 2004

Study into disabled learner health (UK)
Story at DeHaviland - "A new investigation into healthcare provision for people with learning disabilities and those with mental health problems has been launched by the Disability Rights Commission (DRC). The organisation is concerned that people with mental health problems or learning difficulties have significantly worse health than the rest of the UK population. The investigation will focus on provision of primary care services, such as access to GPs and will also look at whether healthcare professionals are failing to recognise problems or diagnosing them too late."