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Independent Inquiry into Access to Healthcare for People with Learning Disabilities: Dear colleague letter (HTML format)

• Departments: 

• Department of Health

Document type: 

Circular/letter

Date of publication: 

30 July 2008

Summary: 

This letter from Chief Executive of the NHS in England David Nicholson announces the publication of an independent inquiry into access to healthcare for people with learning disabilities, which concludes that people with learning disabilities have worse health and receive a worse quality of care in the NHS.

• Subjects: 

• Care; 
• General health; 
• NHS; 
• Social issues

• Regions: 

• National

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