1. Acute Liaison Nurses for Learning Disabilities and or Autism

2. Our Role! Improve the quality of care received by individuals with a learning disability in the acute hospital setting. Manage the interface between mainstream general hospital services, primary care services and community specialist disability services. Facilitate open and easy access to general hospital services for people with learning disabilities in Cornwall.

3. Reports

4. Work in partnership! To provide inclusive, access to care. Make ‘reasonable adjustments’ e.g. Limit anxiety Reduce waiting times Support patients, carers and family Improve communication Easy read information

5. So How Can You Change Things? Have an awareness of the vulnerability of this patient group Find out how to communicate with the person Ask if they have a hospital passport if not offer one Make the reasonable adjustments that are required Call Your Liaison Nurse…

6. What RCHT is doing to help? Acute liaison Service for Learning Disabilities Datix report Learning Disabilities awareness training Easy Read information Hospital Checkers/CHAMPS Ward Links / Resource Folder Traffic light assessment

7. Hospital Passport