Quote: People with learning disabilities receive worse healthcare than the rest of the population some doctors and nurses believe, according to a charity.
Mencap has found almost half of doctors and a third of nurses from a poll of poll of 1,084 think this is the case.
It is urging health trusts to sign a charter which sets out the rights of people with learning disabilities and the responsibilities of hospitals.
The government says that removing inequalities is a priority.
Mencap's research - conducted by ICM among more than 1,000 doctors and nurses within the past month - also revealed 45% of doctors and a third of nurses had witnessed a patient with a learning disability being neglected or being denied their dignity. | 
