One of our local optometrists Simon Berry has been writing some excellent articles for Downs Syndrome UK.
The following links include articles on the following
Why is my child wearing bifocal lenses?
Round up of great information on eye care for people with Downs Syndrome
Sunderland clinical commissioning group felt that the work that had been carried out to provide this website was really good and that we should put in for an award.
The website was one of three nominations in the Patient Champion Catorgory for the North East Leadership Academy Awards at the Baltic in Newcastle yesterday.
Althought we did not win the overall award we were runners up and delighted to recieve the recognition.
We met Simon Weston who presented the awards and was a fantastic speaker and an inspiration to us all!
I would just like to extend my thanks again to Gillian Jackson and all the members of the Patient forum who make this website accessible to all.
We are pleased to let you know thats lots of new information has been added today!
This includes lots of information on different services offered by the Community Learning Disability Team based at Monkwearmouth Hospital in Sunderland.
It includes
Physiotherapy, Psychology, Speech and Language therapy, Epilepsy Specialist Service, Health Promoters and Getting Help from Learning Disability Services.
Please take a look by clicking on the Home Page then select Community Learning disability Team.
Downs syndrome UK are focusing on vision this month! Our local Optometrist who is based at Sundelrand Eye Infirmary, Simon Berry and who also has a practice in Durham has wrote a great article for parents and carers of children with Downs Syndrome, plese click on the link below for more information
The audiology department at Sunderland Royal have just produced a great leaflet that will help people with a learning disability understand their services. Please take a look!
How do we work together to make services better?
Workshop Tuesday 27th October 2015
What is this about?
We at Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust want to start involving more people with Learning Disabilities and family members in how services are run.
• To help us work out how we do this, Inclusion North are going to help us run a workshop at:
Thistle County Hotel
(opposite Central Station)
Neville Street,
Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE1 5DF.
The workshop will be from 10.30am – 3pm
Please click on the flyer to see how to book a place.
We are providing another course due to start on Tuesday 10th of November at 2.30pm.
Please contact 0303 123 1145 and ask to speak to Lisa Plant, Community nurse for learning disabilities.
Lisa runs the course and will give you more information and help you decide if it is something for you.
It will take place at Monkwearmouth Hospital.
Please take a look at the flyer below about how you could become a member of the Learning Disability Partnership Board here in Sunderland.
LEARNING DISABILITY PARTNERSHIP BOARD-Flyer
People who have a learning disability are now in a high risk group and are all entitiled to be offered a flu vaccination. Your GP will be inviting you to the practice soon to have your jab, if you do not hear from them please give them a ring.
Please look at the easy read information here on what to expect from the flu jab.
St Benedicts Hospice are providing a range of end of life care training sessions for carers, qualified staff, clinical and non clinical staff teams. Please take a look at the prospectus to see what they have available.
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