Acute care toolkit 16: Acute medical care for people with a learning disability

People with a learning disability experience worse patient safety outcomes and quality of care in hospital. Clinical challenges include delayed presentation, communication, behaviours of distress and diagnostic overshadowing.

The RCP's acute care toolkit for people with a learning disability is aimed at all staff who work in acute medical units. It provides important and straightforward advice when treating patients with a learning disability who present as acutely unwell.

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