You need to

• Read the project information sheet.
• Decide if you want to sign up. You don’t have to sign up. It’s your choice.
• Sign the consent form. This says you agree to sign up.
• Share information and consent forms with patients with intellectual disability. We will ask for their consent too.

We will ask you to answer a survey. 

It will ask things like your age, where you live and about your health. We will also ask some questions about your confidence supporting patients with intellectual disability.

You can answer the survey over the phone, on the computer or we can post it to you.

We will send you links to access the intervention.

We will give you access to specialised education and resources.

Our specialist intellectual disability nurse will contact you about your support needs.

We will ask you to repeat the intial survey.

This will appear once you have completed the education.

This will show us if the education helped.

We will ask you if you want to talk to us after you have completed a health assessment.

You can say yes or no.

We will ask you questions about how the appointment went.

Because this is extra. We are giving people a $50 gift card to say thank you.

We will ask you if you want to talk to us at the end of the study.

You can say yes or no.

We will ask you questions about what it is was like. We want to know if we can do things better.

Because this is extra. We are giving people a $50 gift card to say thank you.

There might not be a direct benefit to you for signing up.

You will get to help a project that is working to make going to the GP better for people with intellectual disability. You will get extra training and support regarding appropriate care for patients with intellectual disability.

As a general practice or general practitioner you may be asked to:

• Check how many patients you have with intellectual disability
• Share consent forms with patients with intellectual disability
• Complete health assessments annually (as normal) with more support from your practice nurse

As a practice nurse you may be asked to:

• Complete more of the health assessment
• Support patients with intellectual disability in completing the health assessment
• Complete pre and post surveys
• Complete the education modules (counts towards CPD)
• Partake in optional interviews

You may receive the control intervention – in which you would go about practice as usual