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A screening programme at the last Special Olympics revealed the shocking extent of health problems among athletes As a physician working in the East End of London, I am familiar with medically under-served populations. Yet when I began volunteering my time and my company's resources with Special Olympics and its Healthy Athletes programme nearly a decade ago, I was shocked and saddened by the extent of the lack of proper healthcare seen among the athletes with learning disabilities. Healthy Athletes offers athletes free health screenings as well as free services like prescription eyewear, hearing...

The forthcoming social care white paper should give communities a say in their services, says Victor Adebowale Top of my wishlist for the white paper on social care would be effective commissioning. That should be the government's priority on social care. As the head of a health and social care organisation, I come into contact every day with people on the margins of society who rely on the NHS for care and support. I'm talking about people with addictions, mental health challenges and learning disabilities. Too often their needs have been neglected or ignored simply because NHS services...