More than 90% of GPs recommend specific training on learning disabilities for all health professionals

 Specific training on learning disabilities should be made compulsory for health professionals, according to 93% of GPs interviewed as part of Mencap’s Getting It Right – From The Start (GIR-FTS) project. GIR-FTS was discussed by leading health experts including former head of the British Medical Association Baroness Hollins, at last week’s All Party Parliamentary Group [15 July]. The three-year project is designed to improve the inequalities in primary care suffered by many people with a learning disability, detailed in Mencap’s major ‘Death by Indifference’ report. The project saw 718 medical staff from 72 GP surgeries attend workshops run by Mencap