Learning Disability

We aim to deliver high quality, person-centred, safe, acute hospital services for people with learning disabilities and to support this, the Trust has a dedicated Learning Disabilities Team.

The Learning Disability Team help improve the Trust’s provision for patients with learning disabilities and their families, making it easier for patients with learning disabilities to access hospital services.

The team also provide patients with learning disabilities an advocate to offer advice and guidance, not only to the patients themselves but also to the staff involved in providing their care.

Specifically, the team support patients with learning disabilities, their families/carers and hospital staff working with patients with learning disabilities to:

• Plan for admission, treatment and discharge
• Provide specialist advice, guidance on the provision of reasonable adjustments to ensure fair access and outcomes, and the management of complex or difficult situations

Making reasonable adjustments to ensure fair access and outcomes could include:

• Providing accessible information such as easy read information sheets, photographs and Makaton
• Offering first and last or double appointments
• Using a Health Passport to share information about the patient and their health with medical teams
• Ensuring effective care that involves the patient and their family/carer in the decision-making process around treatment and discharge

For a virtual tour of Russells Hall Hospital before your visit, please click here.

 

How to access the service

This service is available at:

• Corbett Hospital Outpatient Centre
• Guest Hospital Outpatient Centre
• Russells Hall Hospital

Where to find us

• Hospital-wide, Corbett Hospital Outpatient Centre
• Hospital-wide, Guest Hospital Outpatient Centre
• Hospital-wide, Russells Hall Hospital

 

Useful Information – limit to (if relevant) location, contact details and opening hours – these will feature on the right-hand side

Telephone: 01384 456111 extension 4205

Email: dgft.learning.disabilityteam@nhs.net

Working hours: Monday to Friday 8am to 4pm

 

Key staff (if required)

Clinical directorate

• Corporate

Team

• Paula Harris – Lead nurse
• Emily Davies – Sister
• Lynda Sprague – Sister
• Chloe Holt – Clinical Support Worker

 

Patient information leaflets

Breast screening (Easy Read version) – Breast-screening-V3-Easy-Read-version.pdf (dgft.nhs.uk)

Coming for a blood test – Children’s Ward (Easy Read version) – Template PI A4 (dgft.nhs.uk)

Coming for a blood test (Easy Read version) – Template PI A4 (dgft.nhs.uk)

Keeping safe (Easy Read version) – keeping-safe-ER.pdf (dgft.nhs.uk)