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with a learning disability, looked after children, young offenders and
minority ethnic groups.
Improvements for People with Sensory Impairment. For improvements for people
with sensory impairment, it is recommended that:
o Consideration should be given to conducting local Needs Assessments of
the mental health of Deaf people and Deafblind people, and other groups
with sensory impairment.
o Local Implementation Teams and Children and Adolescent Mental Health
Service (CAMHS) development teams should make arrangements to
access the data held by local authorities on Deafblind people as a starting
point in considering how they might meet the needs of this group.
o The specialist services should consider how they wish to manage referrals
of Deafblind individuals in future and what additional expertise or
specialisation is required.
o Consideration should be given to conducting a needs assessment of
Deafblind people alongside any undertaken for Deaf people.
Improvements in Access to Primary Care for People with Learning Disabilities
and Mental Health Problems
o The Disability Rights Commission report (Samele, Seymour et al. 2006)
recommended that GP practices should consider developing a protocol for
supporting people with learning disabilities and people with mental health
problems to get the most from their GP practice. They recommended that
practice staff, including reception staff, GPs and nurses should receive
learning difficulty and mental health awareness training, ideally from
trainers who have learning difficulties themselves, mental health service
user trainers and carer trainers. Staff should be made aware that the
physical health problems are often overshadowed by their learning
difficulty or mental health diagnosis. Practices should consider more
effective health promotion advice and referral to specialist services.
o It is recommended that these issues are considered locally to improve
access to Primary Care for those with learning disabilities and mental
health problems.
Audit into Dementia Deaths
o There is no clear explanation of the deaths where the primary cause of
death has been coded as dementia. Whilst the percentage of people
dying of dementia locally is in line with that observed nationally, it has
been a surprise to observe even to clinicians. There is an obvious need to
clarify this finding. It is recommended that an audit is conducted locally to
examine the deaths where the primary cause of death has been noted as
dementia.
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