Improving health care for disabled people in COVID-19 and beyond: Lessons from Australia and England |
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| Authors: | Anne Kavanagh Helen Dickinson Gemma Carey Gwynnyth Llewellyn Eric Emerson George Disney Chris Hatton |
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| Institution: | 1. Disability and Health Unit, Centre for Health Equity, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Australia;2. Public Service Research Group, School of Business, UNSW, Canberra, Australia;3. Centre for Social Impact, UNSW, Sydney, Australia;4. Centre for Disability Research and Policy, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Sydney, Australia;5. Centre for Disability Research, Faculty of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University, United Kingdom;6. Department of Social Care and Social Work, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK |
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| Abstract: | COVID-19 has exacerbated pre-existing difficulties children and adults with disability face accessing quality health care. Some people with disability are at greater risk of contracting COVID-19 because they require support for personal care and are unable to physically distance, e.g. those living in congregate settings. Additionally, some people with disability have health conditions that put them at higher risk of poor outcomes if they become infected. Despite this, governments have been slow to recognise, and respond to, the unique and diverse health care needs of people with disability during COVID-19. While some countries, including Australia, have improved access to high-quality health care for people with disability others, like England, have failed to support their citizens with disability. In this Commentary we describe the health care responses of England and Australia and make recommendations for rapidly improving health care for people with disability in the pandemic and beyond. |
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| Keywords: | COVID-19 Pandemic Health care Social care |
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