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Autism Skills & Knowledge List
The Skills for Care Autism Skills and Knowledge List is a really useful checklist for people working in the care and health sectors.
Autism.pdf (570.8 KB)
GP Resource Pack
This GP Resource Pack has been produced by Sheffield NHS, but provides information to help all primary care practices carry out their annual health checks and follow up care for people with a learning disability on their practice register. Info.
How to complain – easy read
Here are some easy read pamphlets explaining how to make a complaint, published by various NHS authorities:
complaints.pdf (1.9 MB)
Complaints easy read.pdf (126.9 KB)
ERComplaints.pdf (166.1 KB)
Easy read resources
Surrey Health Action has produced some really useful easy read resources on subjects like going to the doctor's surgery, going to hospital, and easy read appointment letters. You can download them here.
Hopsital Discharge Plan
I have developed a hospital discharge plan which we find promotes good handover of information to carers and community services. Also better continuity of care which decreases unnecessary repeat admissions.
Plan (45.3 KB)
Social moral awareness tool
We have developed a simple tool to test social-moral awareness of people with learning disabilities. This can be used by practitioners to understand why someone might be getting into difficulties in the social aspects of community living.
Order form (102.5 KB)
Pain training pack
Surrey & Borders Partnership NHS has produced a really useful pack to train staff in pain recognition and management for people with learning disabilities.
Order form (49.0 KB)
Asthma resources
You can download free easy-to-read resources from Asthma UK for people with learning disabilities who have asthma. These include an information booklet, an asthma attack card (listing what to do in an attack) and an inhalers card, reminding people when to take their inhalers. www.asthma.org.uk
CHANGE Cancer book series
The CHANGE Cancer book series will be available by the end of March. The series covers symptoms, screening and staying healthy; diagnosis and treatment and Palliative care. They are free and designed to be accessible for people with learning disabilities. www.changepeople.co.uk
UK Health and Learning Disability Network
For free information on health issues join the UK Health and Learning Disability network. www.learningdisabilities.org.uk/ldhn
Easy read leaflets – hospital visits
A2A Easy read leaflets and patient information on hospital procedures, from having a tooth out to having an X.Ray.http://a2anetwork.co.uk/resources/leaflets-patient-information/
Easy read leaflets – cancer
A selection of easy-read leaflets for patients with learning disabilities, explaining subjects like breast screening and skin cancer. http://a2anetwork.co.uk/resources/cancer/
Easy read leaflets – palliative care
A selection of easy read leaflets on palliative care/end of life care. http://a2anetwork.co.uk/resources/palliative-careend-of-life-care/
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