<p>The charity HFT developed its own guidance in response to the Healthcare for All report on the poor care of people with learning disabilities. Using a partnership approach involving NHS staff and a member of the valuing people support team from the Department of Health, HFT concentrated on the additional support people with learning disabilities need when in hospital. Its report, Working Together: Easy Steps to Improving How People with a Learning Disability are Supported when in Hospital provides a template to ensure that the quality of care available to the general population is extended to people with learning disabilities.</p>