NSW University finding about avoidable deaths of people with intellectual disabilities

The Health and Community Services Complaints Commissioner has issued a public statement about University of New South Wales findings that people with intellectual disabilities were twice as likely to die a potentially avoidable death than the general population.

Click here for the public statement. (PDF, 499.1 KB)

Click here for the ABC story - People with intellectual disabilities twice as likely to suffer preventable death, study finds - ABC News