Acute Liaison Nurses Learning Disabilities Samantha Lovage Barbara Lewis

 Assist hospital staff to ensure they have information to provide effective care and treatment  Promote the rights of people with a learning disability  Support with planned hospital admissions  Support the patient, family/carers from admission to discharge  Advise hospital staff with regard to making reasonable adjustments Role of the Acute Liaison Nurse

 Work closely with the Equality and Diversity department to provide training to hospital staff  Advising on capacity and consent  Provide easy read material to support most hospital procedures  Health toolkit available

 Nationally recognised resource  Focuses on specific needs of the individual  Birmingham Health Facilitation team use ‘My Hospital Book’ Hospital Passport

 Community office  We have an office in Heartlands  Birmingham team can be contacted on  Resources and more information can be found on the intranet – under Equality and Diversity  Flyers with all our contact details on the wards Where to find us

Thank you for listening Any Questions?