Advice for healthcare workers
Heath advice and resources to help you support people with a
learning disability
A learning disability is to do with the way someone's brain works. It makes it harder for someone to learn, understand or do things.
Change the NHS survey
The government
The Government are the people who run the country. The Government decide how much
tax
Tax is the money that pays for things like schools, hospitals and the police. There are different types of taxes like
income tax
Income tax is the money that is taken out of the money you earn every month. It helps to pay for things we all need like hospitals and schools.
,
VAT
VAT is also called Value Added Tax. VAT is the extra money you pay when you buy things. The money goes to the government to pay for things like schools and hospitals.
and
council tax
Council
A council is also called a
local authority
A local authority is also called a council. They are a group of people who make decisions about some of the things in the area where you live like schools,
social care
Social care means the services that give care and support to people who need it.
(support for people), parks and dustbin collection.
. They are a group of people who make decisions about some of the things in the area where you live. These include: schools, social care (support for people), parks and dustbin collection.
Tax is the money that people pay to the
council
A council is also called a
local authority
A local authority is also called a council. They are a group of people who make decisions about some of the things in the area where you live like schools,
social care
Social care means the services that give care and support to people who need it.
(support for people), parks and dustbin collection.
. They are a group of people who make decisions about some of the things in the area where you live. These include: schools, social care (support for people), parks and dustbin collection.
. It helps to pay for things like social care (support for people), parks and dustbin collection.
.
people should pay and how things like the National Health
Service
A service gives people what they need, like healthcare services that help people when they are ill, and support services that give people support.
(NHS) should work.
is asking people to send them their views about the NHS.
Complete their
survey
A survey is when someone asks you to answer some questions.
to tell them what changes you would like to see in the NHS.
Joining the learning disability register
The
learning disability register
The learning disability register is a list of people with a learning disability that the doctor’s surgery looks after.
is a list of people with a learning disability. It helps your doctor and healthcare staff know what support you need.
Other ways to get advice
If you need advice or information that isn't here, then consider getting in contact with our helpline, or joining our online
community
A community is the people and places in an area.
to kick start a conversation.
Advice on this
website
A website is a page you can go to on the internet like Google or YouTube.
is correct for England. Advice for other home nations may differ.
For advice in Wales, please contact the Welsh helpline team
For advice in Northern Ireland, please visit nidirect.gov.uk
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