A right to appropriate healthcare
People with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) often have a higher level of associated healthcare needs and require good and appropriate support from the NHS.
- We must campaign for regular health checks with the person’s GP and wider primary healthcare teams as well as health action plans for all.
- We must campaign for better NHS provision in areas such as postural care, dysphagia and so on.
- We must make sure that the needs of people with complex health needs are represented within NHS commissioning.
- We must campaign for better experiences in acute hospital settings for people with complex health needs.
Find out what we are doing
- Mencap’s Death by Indifference campaign report has shown that people with a learning disability are not getting the healthcare and treatment that they need. It has triggered an Independent Inquiry.
- The Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities (FPLD)’s Healthy Lives project aimed to improve people with learning disabilities health by incorporating and connecting person centred planning and health action planning into people’s lives.
What you can do
Resources
Read our Health, Person Centred Planning and Other resources
