27
July 2021

Understanding Cancer and Screening Services for people with Learning Disability

Community events
Online
Tuesday 27th July, 2021 - 10:00 to 11:30

About this event

A webinar run by Cancer Research UK and supported by Warwickshire Health colleagues.

Course Overview: 

  • The basics of cancer 
  • The importance of Early Diagnosis of cancer 
  • Cancer screening (bowel, breast and cervical) 
  • The signs and symptoms of bowel, breast and cervical cancer 
  • Health of people with learning disabilities 
  • Barriers to accessing cancer screening 
  • What is the role of LD practitioners in cancer screening for your clients? 
  • How do we assess capacity of our clients? 
  • How do we make reasonable adjustments for our clients? 

The complete cancer screening pathway for people with LD. 

Contact details

If you are interested in booking a place, please contact Erin York at:

erinyork@warwickshire.gov.uk 

01926 742334

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