This is a recording of a live conference that took place on 28 April 2026. This recording will be available to view until 18 February 2027.
Join us for a One Day Essentials conference on the medical needs of our patients with a learning disability. The national learning disability mortality review programme learning from lives and deaths LeDeR (2023 annual report published January 2026) has shone a light on the huge health inequalities experienced by this population. This course will cover a variety of topics aiming to help GPs support the health needs and complexity of their patients with a learning disability. The focus of the ODE will be on improving health in line with the move from hospital to community, sickness to prevention and analogue to digital.
Learning objectives
- To encourage GPs to support improving the health of people with a learning disability.
- To further develop understanding of the health inequalities experienced by this population of people with a learning disability
- To improve awareness of a variety of tools to support practice improvement
- To develop GP confidence to manage the complexity of need of people with a learning disability in conjunction with the wider multidisciplinary team
Topics include
- Lung health
- Cancer screening
- Menopause
- Breast examination
- End of life
- Diabetes in people with a learning disability
Conference co-chairs
Dr Rachel Gaywood, GP, Clinical Lead for Learning Disability and Neurodiversity, RCGP SIG for learning disability
Dr Kathy Petersen, GP Partner, Forum Family Practice, Strategic clinical lead for mental health
