Report to:	East Sussex Health and Wellbeing Board
Date:	19 July 2022
By:	NHS Sussex
Title:	Sussex LeDeR Annual Report
Purpose:	To provide an overview of the Learning Disabilities Mortality Review (LeDeR) Sussex CCGs Annual Report 2021-22

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RECOMMENDATION

The Board is recommended to consider and note the report

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1.         Introduction

1.1       The report attached as appendix 1 details the work undertaken by NHS Sussex in the Learning from the Lives and Deaths of People with a Learning Disability and Autistic People (LeDeR) in Sussex.

2.         Supporting information

2.1       LeDeR work to improve care, reduce health inequalities, and prevent premature deaths of for people with a learning disability and autistic people. A LeDeR review looks at key episodes of health hand social care the person received that may be relevant to their overall health outcomes. It looks for areas that need improvement and areas of good practice. This report, which was published on 13th June 2022, details the progress of the LeDeR programme in Sussex between 1 April 2021 and 31 March 2022. It serves to highlight the link between the learning identified in LeDeR and the continued service improvements we are seeing across Sussex. This year we have also seen an increase in the system-wide commitment to addressing the health inequalities experienced by people with learning disabilities and autistic people.

3.         Conclusion and reasons for recommendations

3.1.      The East Sussex Health and Wellbeing Board is recommended to consider and note the report.

ALLISON CANNON

CHIEF NURSING OFFICER

Contact Officers:                   Edel Parsons, LeDeR Case Manager

BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS

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