TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to present information from the Joint Health and Social Care Self-Assessment Framework (JHSCSAF) on reported rates of cervical cancer, breast cancer and bowel cancer screening for eligible people with learning disabilities in England in 2012/2013 compared to screening rates for the general population.Design/methodology/approach– Between 94 and 101 Learning Disability Partnership Boards, as part of the JHSCSAF, provided information to allow the calculation of rates of cervical cancer, breast cancer and bowel cancer screening in their locality, for eligible people with learning disabilities and for the population as a whole. Findings– At a national level, reported cancer screening coverage for eligible people with learning disabilities was substantially lower than for the population as a whole (cervical cancer screening 27.6 per cent of people with learning disabilities vs 70 per cent of total population; breast cancer screening 36.8 per cent of people with learning disabilities vs 57.8 per cent of total population; bowel cancer screening 28.1 per cent of people with learning disabilities vs 40.5 per cent of the general population). There were considerable geographical variations in reported coverage for all three screening programmes. Originality/value– Consistent with previous research, localities in England report cancer screening rates for eligible people with learning disabilities considerably below those of the general population. There is an urgent need to address data availability and quality issues, as well as reasonable adjustments to cancer screening programmes to ensure uniformly high rates of cancer screening for people with learning disabilities across England.
VL  - 19
IS  - 4
SN  - 1359-5474
DO  - 10.1108/TLDR-07-2014-0024
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/TLDR-07-2014-0024
AU  - Glover Gyles
AU  - Christie Anna
AU  - Hatton Chris
PY  - 2014
Y1  - 2014/01/01
TI  - Access to cancer screening by people with learning disabilities in England 2012/13: information from the Joint Health and Social Care Assessment Framework
T2  - Tizard Learning Disability Review
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 194
EP  - 198
Y2  - 2024/04/16
ER  -