Having a say
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Having a say

Daniel Allen Freelance journalist

The government’s white paper our health, our care, our say, promises ‘customers’ more choice. but is greater choice what people with learning disabilities really need? daniel allen reports

people with learning disabilities have not, historically, been treated well by the NHS. So says the government’s White Paper on health care outside hospital, published earlier this year. Campaign groups would agree. The obvious question, then, is whether Our Health, Our Care, Our Say will change anything.

Learning Disability Practice. 9, 3, 6-7. doi: 10.7748/ldp.9.3.6.s8

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