Cardiovascular Disease

The North East and Cumbria Learning Disability Network is working in partnership with the North East North Cumbria Northern Clinical Physical Health Network on cardiovascular disease in people with a learning disability.

As outlined in the 2018 PHE report Health Inequalities: Cardiovascular Disease rates of heart failure in people with a learning disability are higher than that of the general population. It shows people with a learning disability have both a genetic and behaviour related risk increase. The Confidential Inquiry in the Premature Deaths of People with a Learning Disability (CIPOLD) found the most common underlying cause of death in people with a learning disability were heart and circulatory disorders.