Please take a look at our new leaflet that tells you all about what community nurses for people with a learning disability do and how they can help you!
The booklet is to help people work together on the Transforming Care work.
The Transforming Care work is about better care and support for people with learning disabilities and/or autism. The work started after the abuse of people at Winterbourne View.
We have made the booklet to help people know about the work and to help people check on the work that is happening in their local area.
We think it is really important that people with learning disabilities and people with autism and their families can be part of the work. The booklet should help people know:
As part of a piece of work, a review is to be carried out on how medicines meant for people with mental health conditions are being given to people with learning disabilities to help with how they feel, act or behave.
It is often really difficut for women with a learning disability to understand why it is important to have a smear test and what it involves. We have added some easy read information to our screening section of the website today and we hope you find this useful.
We have also added information to The Going to the Doctors section, so doctors, practice nurses, parents and carers have more information about helping someone to go along for a smear test.
PLEASE CHECK GOING TO THE DOCTORS SECTION FOR THIS.
Please take a look at our new leaflet. This will tell you all about what might happen when you come along to Sunderland Eye Infirmary for your Eye Appointment.
Many thanks to the staff at the Eye Infirmary who agreed to be in the leaflet and a big thank you to Miller Masson for agreeing to pose to be the patient!