Annual Health Checks

Description

People with a learning disability are entitled to an annual health check with their GP.

Aims of the annual health check:

It checks key health indicators of young people and adults aged 14 and over with moderate to severe learning disability.
Strengthens the relationship between the practice and the patient with LD and their family or paid carer
Enables prevention and early intervention by signposting to relevant health services
Helps to put individuals and their families more in control of their health improvement.
Lead to the development of a health action plan which includes the health need, the action to be taken, who will help the person do it and the date when the plan will be reviewed

Inclusion Information

Supports special needs and disabilities: Yes
Special needs and disabilities experience: Profound & Multiple Learning Difficulty
Severe Learning Difficulty
Moderate Learning Difficulty

Do you operate a waiting list?: No
Waiting list details: Standard GP appointment arrangements.
Staffing arrangements: Staff able to use alternative communication methods
Staff training to support children/young people with SEND: GP practices are required to make reasonable adjustment by law to ensure access to their services.
Communicating with service users details: Range of methods according to GPs.

Keywords: GP, Learning Disability, Learning Disabilities, Health, Health Checks, Doctors