More than 1200 patients with learning disablitities are dying needlessly in hospitals. Doctors confuse signs of serious illness with systems of learning diffculties. Report by mencap the following has been suggested: a better complaints system in hospitals for families with learning disablities, a goverment reveiw board to record deaths and invesigate random cases so disabled get best care, a learning disablity nurse to be provided in all hospitals to liase with medical staff and famlies, extra training for doctors and nurses, famlies to be briefed and consulted before 'do not resuscitate' notices go up. These are people not their illness. I have worked with learning differculties and found that it is best to treat them how you would be treated. So do something about this, i.e. support the Sunday Mirror campaign, complain to your MP, stand up for their rights as we are all equal. read more
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