LeDeR - Learning from Lives and Deaths.

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LeDeR - Learning from Lives and Deaths.

January 19, 2022

Norah Frye Centre for Disability Studies; Bristol, England.

People with a Learning Disability and autistic people (LeDeR) is a National Health Service-sponsored initiative that seeks to improve the care of learning disabled patients through examining what goes right and what goes wrong. The website includes a reporting function, patient-focused resources, and annual reports to distribute conclusions drawn from data analysis to inform improvements in the care of this patient population.

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