Health inequalities – unjust and avoidable differences in health outcomes – affect people with learning disabilities and autistic people throughout their lives. Bild is committed to changing this.
Following the closure of long stay hospitals, more people with learning disabilities are growing older in the community. Improved healthcare also means people are living longer. Bild champions the move from hospitals to homes, yet serious inequalities in treatment remain at every stage of life, affecting both physical and mental health. As a result, people with learning disabilities and autistic people are still dying twenty years younger on average, and are three to four times more likely to die from avoidable causes.
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Bild’s work and training
We champion better training for health and social care staff and place the voices of people, families and carers at the heart of decisions. Our work includes leading the Growing Older with Learning Disabilities (GOLD) initiative, hosting annual conferences and free webinars, and the Bild Diploma in Practice Leadership for Supporting Good Health and Wellbeing.