http://www.cpaa.co.uk/taxonomy/term/57 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. CPAA-UK http://www.cpaa.co.uk/HCComLDReport Published: 3 December 2007 <h3>Healthcare Commission says national performance measures needed after first audit of services for people with learning difficulties</h3> <span style="display:block;">The Healthcare Commission said today (Monday) that <span style="width:152px; float:right; text-align:left; margin: 4px 0px 2px 10px;"><a href="http://2007ratings.healthcarecommission.org.uk/patientsandthepublic/healthcarefocus/learningdifficulties.cfm"> <img src="http://cpaa.org.uk/files/images/ld_img..png" alt="Find More Information at the Health care Commission Site" title="Find More Information at the Health care Commission Site" height="122" width="152" style="padding:0; margin:0;" /> <br style="clear:both;" /> <span><b>Find More Information at the Health care Commission Site</b></span></a></span> sweeping and sustained changes are needed to services for people with learning difficulties if they are to meet the standards expected in the 21st century. </span> <p>It published the first audit of specialist inpatient healthcare services for people with learning difficulties, which included one of the largest inspection programs it has ever carried out.</p> <p>The Commission found that most services for people with learning difficulties provide poor standards of care and there are unacceptable variations in the quality of services throughout the country.</p> <p><a href="http://www.cpaa.co.uk/HCComLDReport">read more</a></p> http://www.cpaa.co.uk/HCComLDReport#comments CPA and Learning Dissability Wed, 05 Dec 2007 04:39:19 -0600 Chris Lozinski 477 at http://www.cpaa.co.uk