The Perioperative Care Framework encompasses the patient journey from contemplation of surgery through to optimal outcome. This framework has been designed to be a practical resource for those developing a perioperative medicine service.
U2M12: Considerations for shared decision making for diverse lifestyles
Discusses patients within priority population groups facing a range of barriers when aiming to access and participate in mainstream healthcare.
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Recommended Texts
Creating Inclusive NSW Hospitals by
National Disability Services is the peak industry body for non-government disability services. Its purpose is to promote and advance services for people with disability.
Death By Indifference: Following Up on the Treat Me Right! Report by
This report will set out why we believe there is institutional discrimination within the NHS, and why people with a learning disability get worse healthcare than non-disabled people. We present the stories ofsix people who we believe have died unnecessarily. We do so because healthcare professionals need to realise the serious – even fatal – consequences of their lack ofunderstanding. We do so to point out that these professionals must work to ensure that such tragedies can never happen again. This report follows on from Mencap’s Treat me right!report and campaign in 2004, which exposed the unequal healthcare that people with a learning disability often receive from healthcare professionals. The report made clear that much work needs to be done within the NHS to ensure that people with a learning disability are treated decently and equally.
Guidelines on Caring for People with a Learning Disability in General Hospital Settings by
Current health and social care policy within Northern Ireland is underpinned by the recognition of people with a learning disability as equal and valued citizens of the country (DHSSPS 2005).
Despite this, a range of key publications discussed within the literature review of this document has highlighted the difficulties many people can encounter in accessing and using general hospital services with, at times, grave consequences for people with a learning disability. It is therefore intended that this guideline for care delivery will enhance safe and effective care throughout their journey within the general hospital setting for people with a learning disability.
Hospital Stay Guideline for Hospitals and Disability Service Organisations by
The Hospital Stay Guideline for Hospitals and Disability Service Organisations (the Guideline) was developed by the Disability Health Network and outlines a best practice approach for disability service organisations and hospitals when managing the hospital experience of individuals with disability.
Innovative Methods of Providing Health Services for People with Intellectual Disability: A Review of the Literature by
Overview
Recent reviews and studies show that people with intellectual disability often have worse health status than the general population. Their life expectancy is lower, and they are 2.5 times more likely to have health problems, including epilepsy, heart conditions, diabetes and morbid obesity. People with intellectual disability have higher rates of hospitalisation than the general population and similar rates of utilisation of primary care. However, the evidence suggests that they do not receive health services frequently enough, and that the quality of health services they do receive is often inadequate. In New Zealand, people with intellectual disability are four times more likely than people without intellectual disability to enter hospital with an avoidable condition. They also have lower screening rates than people without intellectual disability.
Report of Reviewable Deaths in: 2014 and 2015 2016 and 2017 - Deaths of People with Disability in Residential Care by 
Responding to Needs of People with Disability by
The Policy Directive sets out guiding principles for responding to needs of people with disability including inclusion, person-centred services, accessibility, communication, and reasonable adjustment. This policy is to be implemented in conjunction with other NSW Health policies relevant to, treatment in, and transfer out of hospital as referenced in the policy.
Shut Out: The Experience of People with Disabilities and Their Families in Australia: National Disability Strategy Consultation Report by
Many people in the community believe disability is someone else’s problem. They do not believe disability will touch their lives, and give little thought to the experience of living with disability, or caring for someone with a disability. Without first-hand experience, they hold on to the belief that at least things are better than they used to be. The stories you will find in this report will challenge those beliefs.
Additional resources - Priority populations
The following are additional resources that participants may find useful to their studies:
The college acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises their unique cultural and spiritual relationships to the land, waters and seas and their rich contribution to society. We pay our respects to ancestors and Elders, past, present and emerging.
The college acknowledges and respects Māori as the Tangata Whenua of Aotearoa and is committed to upholding the principles of the Te Tiriti o Waitangi, fostering the college’s relationship with Māori, supporting Māori fellows and trainees, and striving to improve the health of Māori.
The college recognises the special relationship between the Pacific peoples of New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific, and is committed to supporting those fellows and trainees of ANZCA, and improving the health of Pacific peoples.
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