Annual Health Checks
NHS – Annual Health Checks for People with Learning Disabilities Comprehensive information on annual health checks: how to get one, what happens, and the importance of reasonable adjustments. Includes videos explaining the process and making health care more accessible.
Healthier Together – Learning Disability Annual Health Checks Explains who is entitled to a health check and how to access one. Includes an excellent video made by young people with SEND about what to expect and why it’s important.
Healthier Together – Annual Health Checks
NHS – STOMP (Stopping Over-Medication of People with a Learning Disability, Autism or Both) Shows how annual health checks can link with STOMP to reduce unnecessary prescriptions and improve quality of life.
Mencap – Don’t Miss Out (Video) A video where people with learning disabilities share their experiences of annual health checks, why they matter, and the support you can ask for.
GOV.UK – Annual Health Checks and Learning Disabilities Sets out the evidence for health checks, why they’re needed, and their role in spotting and treating health problems.
GOV.UK – Annual Health Checks Evidence
NICE – Quality Standard: Annual Health Check Quality statements on person-centred needs assessments, future planning, and annual health checks for people with learning disabilities.
Public Health England – Quality Checking Health Checks Report on how local areas are delivering annual health checks for people with learning disabilities. Public Health England – Health Checks
Reasonable Adjustments and Access to Care
Mencap – Easy Read Information on Cancer and Screening Provides clear, easy-read information about cancer symptoms, NHS screening programmes, and what to do if you’re worried about health changes.
Mencap – What is a Summary Care Record? Explains what a Summary Care Record is and how you can add extra information during a health check to help get better care and adjustments.