GPs think people with learning disabilities receive poorer healthcare

Two-thirds of GPs think people with learning disabilities receive poorer healthcare than other patients, the results of a GMC survey suggest.

The poll found that 64% of GPs agreed that people with learning disabilities receive a poorer standard of care than those without, but that only 54% of hospital doctors did.

More than one in three GPs (35%) said they had personally seen a patient with a learning disability receiving poorer care or facing discrimination.

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Posted Mon 16 Apr 2012 11:05
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