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Start your entryWhen caring for someone who has acquired or grown up with learning impediments or disabilities there can be additional challenges in delivering safe, high-quality care. Distinct issues face service users and their carers in this field, so organisations and care systems need to apply safety checks and standards to ensure substantive mitigation in harm.
As part of the ongoing focus in the NHS Patient Safety Strategy and priorities for 2025, ensuring better visibility, active listening, and equitable access to healthcare for people with learning disabilities remains a critical goal. This includes making reasonable adjustments and co-designing services with individuals and their families to ensure care meets their needs.
This award will highlight initiatives which have delivered compassionate, efficient and most importantly safe, equitable services that are delivering improved health outcomes.
Eligibility
Judges are seeking projects that have demonstrably increased the safety and reliability of care for those with learning disabilities, whether generally or for a specific condition or need. Entries are accepted from NHS and public sector health and social care system delivering excellent standards of care.