People with learning disabilities have poorer health than their non-disabled peers, and are less likely to access screening services than the general population. The National Development Team for Inclusion and the Norah Fry Research Centre developed a toolkit and guidance to improve uptake of five national (English) screening programmes (one of which is delivered through local programmes), based on work to improve access by people with learning disabilities in the south west peninsula of the UK. This article describes the findings in relation to the five English screening programmes and suggests ways to improve uptake of cancer screening by people with learning disabilities.
Nursing Standard. 29, 9, 37-42. doi: 10.7748/ns.29.9.37.e9123
Correspondence Peer reviewThis article has been subject to double blind peer review
Received: 12 May 2014
Accepted: 07 July 2014
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