Data and the Scottish Annual Health Check for people with learning disabilities.

Data is at the heart of Scotland’s annual health check for people with learning disabilities.  

In this episode of Equal Health Equal Lives, we speak with Amanda McCarren, Learning Disabilities Policy Manager for the Scottish Government, and Angela Henderson, Data Advisor for the Scottish Government explain the importance of gathering consistent, reliable data about the health needs of people who have learning disabilities.  

Angela focusses on the importance of data in challenging health inequalities and how data supports the role of services in ensuring that the workforce, carers and people with learning disabilities have the right support around them at the right time.  

Amanda describes the impact of the Scottish annual health check and how the health checks are shining a light on the experiences of people with learning disabilities across Scotland.  

For the purposes of this podcast a learning, or intellectual disability is not the same as a learning difficulty such as dyslexia, dyspraxia or dyscalculia.  

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• Access the Data and the Scottish Annual Health Check for people with learning disabilities transcript in a Sway document. 
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A collection of NES resources that you might find useful are shown in the Scottish Annual Health Check Resources Sway document. 

Resources mentioned in the episode:

• An introduction to the review of Margaret Fleming Significant Case Review published by Inverclyde Council. 
• The review can be downloaded as a PDF in full here: Margaret Fleming Significant Case Review. 
• Easy Read version: Easy Read Margaret Fleming- Significant Case Review, 
• A connected report: Margaret's Enduring Voice offers testimony from people who have learning disabilities. The report highlights the experience and evidence contributed by people who have learning disabilities, and the organisations that support them.  You can read this here:  Margaret's Enduring Voice report. 

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