Easy-read patient information leaflets for people with learning disabilities and for their carers and clinicians are available on a variety of conditions and medications from:

• the EasyHealth website
• the Bild website
• the Royal College of Psychiatrists, including information about capacity and consent
• MenCap has produced a hospital communication book to help ensure people with learning disabilities get equal treatment and service when visiting the hospital.

See also the RCGP info sheet on the Mental Capacity Act (2005) and the RCGP Mental Capacity Act Toolkit.