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<p>The NHS Long Term Plan sets out clearly the need to reduce inequalities in health
that different groups of the population currently face.</p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan
will give 370,000 adults and older adults with severe mental illness greater choice
and control over their care through new models of integrated primary and community
mental health care.</p><p>In addition, the first ever cross-Government suicide prevention
workplan sets out an ambitious programme for every local authority, every National
Health Service trust and every prison will have a plan in place to prevent suicide.
We will invest up to £600,000 to support local authorities to strengthen their suicide
prevention plans and implement the recommendations identified by the independent evaluation
of local plans.</p><p>The learning disabilities health check scheme is designed to
encourage general practices to identify patients aged 14 and over with learning disabilities,
to maintain a learning disabilities 'health check' register and offer individuals
an annual health check, which will include producing a health action plan. Such checks
are intended to ensure that any undetected health conditions are identified earlier
and that on-going treatment and care is appropriate to the individual’s needs. The
NHS Long Term Plan commits to improve uptake of the scheme so that at least 75% of
those eligible have a health check each year.</p><p>In addition, the Learning Disabilities
Mortality Review Programme supports local areas to review the deaths of people with
learning disabilities and to use the information to build up a detailed picture of
key improvements needed, both locally and at a national level, to reduce the inequality
in life expectancy between people with a learning disability, and those without. The
learning from the programme is being used to inform programmes of work to address
key mortality issues such as sepsis, constipation, and cancer.</p><p>Regarding black,
Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) groups, the Long Term Plan also highlights improvements
to continuity of midwifery care for women from the BAME community; improving the Diabetes
Prevention Programme; and improving bowel screening rates for people from minority
ethnic groups. In addition to these, BAME communities will benefit from the wide range
of programmes set out in the Long Term Plan.</p>
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