ArticleJournal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID2019
To flag or not to flag: Identification of children and young people with learning disabilities in English hospitals.
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- The Views and Experiences of Families and Registered Nurses Regarding Hospital Care and Support of Children With Intellectual Disabilities: A Systematic Review.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID · 2026Pooled it
- Integrating equity into incident reporting and patient concerns systems: a critical interpretive synthesis.BMJ quality & safety · 2025Review
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- Unscheduled healthcare for children with intellectual disabilities: A systematic scoping review.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID · 2022Article
- Inequities in quality and safety outcomes for hospitalized children with intellectual disability.Developmental medicine and child neurology · 2022Article
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- Implementation of training to improve communication with disabled children on the ward: A feasibility study.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2021Article
- Reasonable adjustments for people with intellectual disability in acute care: a scoping review of the evidence.BMJ open · 2021Article
- Creating equitable healthcare quality and safety for children with intellectual disability in hospital.Child: care, health and development · 2020Article
- Health inequities in unscheduled healthcare for children with intellectual disabilities in Ireland: a study protocol.HRB open research · 2020Article
- To flag or not to flag: Identification of children and young people with learning disabilities in English hospitals.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundChildren and young people with learning disabilities experience poor health outcomes and lengthier hospital admissions than those without learning disabilities. No consistently applied, systematic approach exists across the NHS to identify and record this population. This paper describes practices in English hospitals to identify children and young people with learning disabilities.
methodInterviews: 65 NHS staff. Questionnaire: 2,261 NHS staff. Conducted across 24 NHS hospitals in England.
resultsNo standardized approach exists to identify children or young people with a learning disability or for this information to be consistently recorded, communicated to relevant parties within a hospital, Trust or across NHS services. Staff reported a reliance on parents to inform them about their child's needs but concerns about "flagging" patients might be a significant barrier. DISCUSSION: Without an integrated systematic way across the NHS to identify children with learning disabilities, their individual needs will not be identified.
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