Population screening: supporting people with a learning disability
Guidance for health professionals to support people with a learning disability to access screening.
Applies to England
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This publication includes guidance and resources for local screening providers, commissioners and other partners to help reduce barriers to screening for people with a learning disability, autism or both.
It includes sections on:
- informed choice
- barriers to screening
- improving access to screening and understanding of screening
- working with primary care
It draws on information previously developed for programme-specific publications for the abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), antenatal and newborn, bowel cancer, breast and cervical screening programmes. These were developed in collaboration with screening and learning disability health professionals, service users and other partners.
Contact the PHE Screening helpdesk with any queries about this publication, making sure you include its full title.