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 Objectives:

• 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 Objectives:

• 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.

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