It’s not as if this is a new issue; we have highlighted previously both the disturbing general statistics on people with learning disability and their experiences of the NHS i.e with regard to morbidity and life-expectancy, and specific cases of individuals entrusted to the care of medical professionals.
We therefore read with interest this article in the ‘i’ by Paul Gallagher on the deaths two patients with learning disabilities Please take a look.
We note especially the failure of the two families involved to gain funding for legal representation at the coroners’ inquests.