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Personalised end of life care for people with learning disabilities is the gold standard

Learning disabilities research advocate Irene Tuffrey-Wijne uses her role to ‘shout about’ the need to involve service users in healthcare decisions that affect them
Posted 17 September 2019 - 17:41
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