Improving reasonable adjustments for people with learning disabilities in mental health tribunals.
Why you should read this article: • To gain insight into the challenges encountered by people with learning disabilities during mental health tribunal hearings • To learn about a project that aimed to identify opportunities to improve the reasonable adjustments made in tribunal hearings • To be awar...
| Publicado en: | Learning Disability Practice Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 24 - 32 |
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Royal College of Nursing of the United Kingdom (The)
Feb2025
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