Are primary health care staff aware of the role of community learning disability teams in relation to health promotion and health facilitation?

Summary Research has identified that while people with learning disabilities often have greater health needs than the general population, they access primary care at the same rate or lower. Valuing People recommends that members of learning disability teams should take on a key role in supporting people with learning disabilities to access mainstream health services. They should be working with primary health care teams in a health facilitation and health promotion role. This study aimed to examine whether primary health care team members knew what services were provided by their local learning disability team, and in particular whether they used specialist learning disability workers to identify health care needs.