Research and statistics on health
People with a learning disability tend to have poorer physical and mental health than the general population.
Health and people with a learning disability
Health inequalities that people with a learning disability can
experience
Experience is when you have learned or tried something before.
are partly caused by poor quality healthcare.
As well as this, there are a number of health conditions that people with a learning disability are more likely to experience, including epilepsy and dementia.
We have put research and statistics on health and learning disability into 2 main topics:
- Health inequalities
- Mental health
Read more about each of these topics below.
Treat Me Well
Treat Me Well is our
campaign
A campaign is when people work together to try to change something.
to transform how the
NHS
The NHS is 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.
. The NHS gives free healthcare to everyone in the UK and includes things like your GP (doctors) surgery and hospitals.
treats people with a learning disability in hospital.
We know the treatment people with a learning disability get in hospital is still not good enough in many parts of the country. This has to change.