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The widespread move to community care for people with a learning disability has caused a change in roles for both the psychiatrist and the general practitioner. The general practitioner is now widely recognised as the primary medical carer for people with a learning disability (Howells, 1991), with the psychiatrist providing specialist support. Although research has shown deficiencies in the care of people with a learning disability in the com munity (Howells, 1986),we do not as yet know what specialised skills, if any, the GP will need in his new role, though it is certain that in future primary care will need more specific organisation to provide care for the learning disabled (Cumella et al, 1992). Current psychiatric training in learning disability often requires the trainee to provide "primary care" to hospital wards - that is providing basic medical care on a day to day basis. The relevance of this to the trainee's future as a potential consultant psychiatrist is unknown. This study was designed to help answer the followingquestions: does the GP need specialised skills to care for people with a learning disability? And does providing "primary care" to in-patients in a mental handicap hospital provide relevant training for the psychiatric trainee?

The workload of a psychiatric registrar in a mental handicap hospital – implications for training and community care