Resources for Secure Environments
Providing healthcare in secure environments such as prisons, secure hospitals, young offender institutions and immigration removal centres presents unique challenges for GPs and primary care professional.
Learning and Intellectual Disabilities in Secure Environments
Learning disabilities and substance misuse
Public Health England (PHE) Guidance relating to Learning Disabilities
Public Health England has published a collection of guides on reasonable adjustments for people with a learning disability.
PHE: Substance misuse in people with learning disabilities: reasonable adjustments guidance (2016)
This guidance advocates a personalised approach to providing substance misuse services to people with LD, tailoring interventions to meet individual needs, including communication needs. It suggests that people with LD may benefit more from a 1:1 approach rather than group work. In the guidance, there are links to accessible resources for people with LD using substance misuse services.
