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Attribution. Kate Oulton; Jo Wray; Charlotte Kenten; Jessica Russell; Lucinda Carr; Angela Hassiotis et al. (2022). Equal access to hospital care for children with learning disabilities and their families: a mixed-methods study. National Institute for Health and Care Research. Copyright © Queen’s Printer and Controller of HMSO 2022. This work was produced by Oulton et al. under the terms of a commissioning contract issued by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. This issue may be freely reproduced for the purposes of private research and study and extracts (or indeed, the full report) may be included in professional journals provided that suitable acknowledgement is made and the reproduction is not associated with any form of advertising. Applications for commercial reproduction should be addressed to: NIHR Journals Library, National Institute for Health and Care Research, Alpha House, University of Southampton Science Park, Southampton SO16 7NS, UK. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. NCBI Bookshelf NBK581421. CC BY 4.0. Original source ↗. Text reproduced from the Bookshelf XML without changing wording; figures, images and supplements are not reproduced.

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