Listen to Dr Charly Annesley (Consultant Learning Disability physician) and Dr Rebecca Kuruvilla (RCP clinical education fellow and Clinical Pharmacology and GIM registrar) discuss health inequalities in the population of patients living with a learning disability and why we need more physicians who are trained in this area of medicine. They also talk to Dr Alex Tyler who is an ST6 registrar in Geriatrics and GIM who is completing a PG certificate in Medical Practice in Adult Learning Disability.Dr Charly Annesley is a consultant learning disability physician. She works at North Middlesex University hospital in London, having set up the first and only post of its kind in the country. She is also an honorary clinical lecturer and course lead for a postgraduate certificate in Learning Disability Medicine that is run with the RCP and Edge hill university.Links: Training Programme to meet the Medical Needs of Adults with a Learning Disability | RCP LondonLearning from Lives and Deaths - people with a learning disability and autistic people (LeDeR) - King's College London (kcl.ac.uk)BTS clinical statement on aspiration pneumonia | Thorax (bmj.com)BTS Clinical Statement on the prevention and management of community-acquired pneumonia in people with learning disability | Thorax (bmj.com)Master LeDeR 2023 (2022 report) (kcl.ac.uk)RCP Toolkit:  Acute medical care for people with a learning disabilityFundingThis podcast has been made with an educational grant from Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals Limited (“BMS”). BMS has had no input or involvement in the design, development or content of the podcast whatsoever. RCP Links Education Events Membership Improving care Policy and campaigns RCP Social Media Instagram LinkedIn Facebook X Bluesky Music: Episode 50 onward - Bensound.com Episodes 1 - 49 'Impressive Deals' - Nicolai Heidlas

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