Consultation on Learning Disability and Autism training for health & care staff

The government wants to know how they can make sure that health and social care staff have the right training to understand the needs of people with a learning disability and autistic people, and make reasonable adjustments to support them.
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The consultation considers issues around the training and development staff need to better support people with a learning disability or autistic people.

They are asking what you think about proposals on:

  • the planned content of the training
  • how the training should be delivered
  • how to involve people with a learning disability or autistic people in training
  • how the impact of training can be monitored and evaluated

The consultation will be of particular interest to:

  • people with a learning disability or autistic people
  • the families and carers of people with a learning disability or autistic people
  • patient groups
  • providers of health and social care services

The consultation closes on 12 April 2019.

Respond online here

Read the full consultation document

Consultation Document
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