![Helping someone with a successful benefits appeal, or into secure housing or out of a violent relationship might be our most effective therapeutic intervention.](https://www.nationalelfservice.net/cms/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/iStock_000011400996XSmall-gp-with-laptop-150x150.jpg)
People with learning disabilities are more likely to experience a range of health issues and one response to this has been the introduction of annual health checks by GPs.
Here, Alix Dixon looks at a study in Northern Ireland which set out to discover the impact of health facilitation posts on the uptake of these health checks
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