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Learning Disabilities

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Strategies/reasonable adjustments:

Video: What is a learning disability

Video: Communicating with people with learning disabilities

Video: reasonable adjustments for people with a learning disability

Video: making reasonable adjustments and barriers to healthcare

Hospital passport – the hospital passport is designed to help people communicate their needs (including how they communicate, likes and dislikes, sensory needs and what is important to them) to doctors, nurses and other health and care staff. People with learning disabilities can complete the passport (with support where needed) and this information can be used by health and care professionals to know how best to support them and to make sure the right reasonable adjustments are in place.

Downloadable Homerton hospital health passport

 

Learning disability registers

Improving identification of people with a learning disability: guidance for general practice (

Learning Disability Register Inclusion Tool for GPs and primary care

Video: the learning disability register

Video: what is the learning disability register

 

Annual Health checks

RCGP Step-by-step guide to Health Checks for people with a learning disability

NHS England/NDTI Learning disability annual health check toolkit

Video: annual health checks for people with a learning disability for patients

Video: what happens at my Learning Disability Annual Health Check

EASY READ annual health checks

Pre assessment questionnaire

Health action plan easy read?

Cancer screening

  • Bowel

EASY READ Bowel cancer screening test

EASY READ How to use the NHS Bowel cancer screening kit

EASY READ Bowel scope test

Tips for collecting your poo leaflet

 

  • Breast

EASY READ Breast screening an easy guide

Do the test – GO FOR IT Breast screening video

 

  • Cervical

EASY READ having a smear test

Services

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ADHD Service Adults (18+)

City and Hackney ADHD Service (18+)

CAMHS Disability

Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health service for children with disabilities and emotional/behavioural and mental health concerns.

City and Hackney Autism Service (18+)

A diagnostic service for adults who live in City and Hackney.

CYP ADHD Service

CYP ADHD nurses in Primary Care

Hackney Integrated Learning Disabilities Service

For adults with learning disabilities

Learning disability and Autism service at Homerton Hospital

We are a small team who can support those with a learning disability and/or are autistic when they are seen at Homerton Hospital
Karthika Vijayanathan , clinical lead for Learning Disabilities

Clinical Lead

Karthika Vijayanathan

Jody Barrientos , clinical lead for Learning Disabilities

Health inclusion Lead

Jody Barrientos

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Downloads

An easy read guide to having a blood test

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Audit Evaluation of Antipsychotic Prescribing in Patients with Learning Disabilities2020-21

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City and Hackney Autism Feedback and Accessible Services

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Guidance for Vaccinators

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ILDS Referral Form

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Leaflet for people working with pts with LD

Download PDF, 4.68 MB

NEL Annual Health Check Guidance

Download DOCX, 1.05 MB

New ways your pharmacist can help you

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NHS Annual Health Check Guidance

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SCRIPT for Welfare Checks, Vulnerable Groups: Learning Disabilities

Download DOCX, 40.95 KB

Script to invite someone for an LD Annual Health Check

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Annual Health Checks for people with Learning Disabilities

Learning Disability Update

Learning Disabilities Education Webinar - Accessing Care and Update on Pathways

Advice & Guidance

Dr Ian Hall (ILDS Consultant)

e: ian.hall4@nhs.net

Dr Laura Chekley (ILDS Consultant)

e: laura.checkley1@nhs.net

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Last updated: Jan 16th, 2025
Review date: Oct 22nd, 2026

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