What is included in the User Guide?

The User Guide is arranged by each relevant NSQHS Standard. Each chapter contains:

• A brief description of the Standard
• Information on how the Standard is relevant to health care for people with intellectual disability
• Important Actions under the Standard for delivering health care for people with intellectual disability
• Strategies for improvement under these Actions 
• Resources for health service organisations and clinicians.

The strategies for improvement are evidence-based. They encompass delivering person-centred care, planning for reasonable adjustments, communicating, working collaboratively, building workforce capacity and collecting data.^{22,24,25,28,29}