Learning disabilities

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Empowering people with learning disabilities is a priority for NHS England. Giving people with learning disabilities their families and carers more involvement in decisions over their care is fundamental to the planning of future services. We have a range of resources to enable you to contribute and respond more effectively to the needs of people with a learning disability, their carers and their support workers. The learning on this page aims to help you gain a deeper understanding of people’s experiences with pharmacy professionals, improve your communication and consultation skills with people living with a learning disability and support medicines optimisation for people living with a learning disability.

This distance learning programme will enable you to support people with a learning disability and their families to manage behaviours that challenge, in line with National Institute of Health and Care Excellence guidance. It will also empower you to adopt a holistic approach to medicines optimisation to help people with a learning disability to be involved in the consultation when they can and to make the most of their medicines.

Learning Outcomes:

• categorise a range of learning disabilities and the differences in capability that can occur in each of these
• describe key policy drivers that support change in the management of people with a learning disability
• explain consent to a person with a learning disability and recognise when to involve family members, carers and support workers in the consultation
• demonstrate patient-centred consultation skills and behaviours to meet the needs of people with a learning disability
• promote physical health and wellbeing and support patients to manage their concurrent physical health conditions
• identify people with a learning disability and concurrent mental health disorder and provide them with advice and support
• support people with a learning disability and their families to manage behaviour that challenges, in line with National Institute of Health and Care Excellence guidance
• explain the importance of a holistic approach to medicines optimisation as a strategy to help people with a learning disability make the most of their medicines.

The aim of this e-learning programme is to improve the understanding and skills of community pharmacy teams in implementing the Accessible Information Standard to support people with communication difficulties.

Learning Outcomes:

• discuss your responsibilities as a pharmacy team member with regards to the Accessible Information Standard
• describe the importance of meeting customers' communication needs
• identify patients with communication difficulties
• explain how your pharmacy will record, highlight and share information about patients' communication needs
• deliver effective solutions to meet individuals' communication needs
• train other pharmacy team members to enable them to implement the requirements of the Accessible Information Standard.

The Learning disabilities clinical factsheet will help you to refresh your knowledge and provide you with links to further resources on supporting people with learning disabilities.

STOMP stands for stopping over medication of people with a learning disability, autism or both.

The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism supports the Government requirement for the health and social care workforce to receive learning disability and autism training appropriate to their role. This is to ensure that they have the right skills and knowledge to provide safe, compassionate and informed care to autistic people and people with a learning disability.

How CQC regulates providers supporting autistic people and people with a learning disability.

This guideline covers services for children, young people and adults with a learning disability (or autism and a learning disability) and behaviour that challenges. It aims to promote a lifelong approach to supporting people and their families and carers, focusing on prevention and early intervention and minimising inpatient admissions.

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Learning disability has been invisible for too long. It’s time to see people with a learning disability for all they are and all they can be. Join the Here I Am campaign, spread the word and help change the future.