The results section comprises five chapters (see Chapters 5–10). The first three of these chapters focus on findings from staff, with data from the survey being used to identify whether or not staff perceive that inequality exists between children with and children without learning disability (LD) and their families (see Chapter 5). Findings from the organisational mapping exercise (see Chapter 6) and staff interviews (see Chapter 7) highlight the cross-organisational, organisational and individual staff factors in NHS hospitals that facilitate and prevent such inequality. Chapters 8–10 focus on parents’ experiences of being in hospital with their child. The narrative of parents of children with LD is the focus of these chapters, but important comparisons will be drawn from the views and experiences of parents of children without LD. Chapter 11 focuses on findings from the parent and child survey about satisfaction with different aspects of the hospital experience. At the end of each chapter the barriers to and facilitators of inequality for children with LD and their families will be presented in a series of diagrams related to each research question. Our aim is to incrementally build a comprehensive picture of what factors are key to ensuring equality.
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