In Brief: Mencap report on NHS
The NHS is failing people with learning disabilities, according to a Mencap report. It says they are missing out on health checks and specialist services, and women are 'being left out of ' cancer screening programmes. Hospital staff have 'scant understanding' of learning disabilities, it claims.
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