Episode 28 | Learning Disabilities and Critical Care

Host Professor Robin Condliffe and long-term ventilation and Intensive care Consultant Dr Ben Messer sit down to discuss critical care outcomes in people with learning disabilities. 

They challenge perceptions and stereotypes in perceived quality of life and call on hospitals across the UK to take steps to ensure this cohort of patients have equal access to appropriate, high quality care. 

Resources mentioned in this episode: 

• BTS Model of Care for Complex Home Mechanical Ventilation
• Bradford Teaching Hospital toolkit
• RCP toolkit: Acute medical care for people with a learning disability
• NCEPOD report: Acute illness in people with a learning disability