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Chris Hatton

Professor Chris Hatton is Co-Director of the Public Health England Learning Disabilities Observatory and an academic at Lancaster University. For 25 years he has been involved in research to document and understand the health inequities faced by people with learning disabilities, and evaluate attempts to tackle these inequities.

Health inequalities and the ‘hidden majority’ of adults with learning disabilities

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A number of recent studies have shown that a ‘hidden majority’ of adults identified in childhood as having a learning disability are not identified as such within adult heath or social care services. The studies analysed data from the Understanding …