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<p>The Learning Disabilities Mortality Review Programme is managed by the University
of Bristol on behalf of NHS England. The contract with the University focusses on
supporting local reviews of premature deaths of people with learning disabilities;
the investigation processes and draws together learning from the reviews. The remit
for this work does not include a review of the investigations undertaken by NHS trusts
into unexpected deaths for this patient group. There is no current intention to alter
this remit.</p><br /><p>The current programme is piloting local reviews of premature
deaths of people with learning disabilities, as the first stage of rolling these out
across England by 2018. These reviews will be the key first step to ensure local processes
are in place to inform the co-ordination of future investigations of premature deaths
of people with learning disabilities by NHS trusts. There will be clear protocols
put in place to ensure that any unexpected deaths are subject to a multidisciplinary
review, covering the totality of the person's care, to assess the causes of death
and any actions which could have been taken to prevent that death.</p><br /><p>The
Mortality Review Programme will provide strategic support for the local review process,
develop a core data set for use by local review teams and support both the development
of action plans in response to a death and the identification of recurrent themes
at local, regional and national levels. The case reviews will support health and social
care professionals, and others, to identify, and take action on, the avoidable contributory
factors leading to premature deaths by people with learning disabilities whilst the
identification of regional and national themes will inform wider action.</p>
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