Learning Disabilities
The Learning Disability Team (Acute Liaison Nursing service) are here to support people with a learning disability that may need additional support accessing hospital services. This could be to support wards and departments to make reasonable adjustments to meet individual’s needs and/or ensure hospital passports are in place. Support the clinical team with understanding of the mental capacity act and best interest process. Ensuring advocacy for the adult with learning disability and ensure communication needs are met.
The service runs Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm and covers both Huddersfield Royal Infirmary and Calderdale Royal Hospital.
How to contact the team for support
- Landline Telephone: 01484 343438
- Email: LearningDisabilityTeam@cht.nhs.uk
Our films
If you are visiting Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust for an appointment, we have created three videos to help you with your visit.
Useful links and leaflets
- Support if you are going into hospital (NHS Website)
- VIP Hospital Passport (Word Document)
- My health passport for people with Autism (National Autistic Society Website)
- VIP Hospital Passport for people with Dyslexia (Word Document)
Easy Read leaflets:
- Acute Liason Nurses - CHFT Leaflet (Word Document)
- Easy Ready Leaflets (CHFT Patient Leaflet Repository)
- Other health conditions (Easyhealth Website)
Useful videos for scans and procedures:
Recognising early signs of deterioration – Sepsis awareness
Please watch the films for more information and advice on sepsis awareness for families and carer’s of people with a learning disability. Recognising early signs and symptoms and getting the right help can save lives.
- Signs of Sepsis - Soft signs of deterioration (YouTube Video)
- Sepsis information for family and carers of People with a Learning Disability (YouTube Video)
- Recognising deterioration in people with a learning disabilities (YouTube Video)
Leaflets:
Video: Dennis' Story
Learning Disability Mortality Review Programme (LeDeR)
The Learning Disabilities Mortality Review (LeDeR) Programme is a world-first. It is the first national programme of its kind aimed at making improvements to the lives of people with learning disabilities. The University of Bristol is one of the partners in the programme, which is funded and run by NHS England. Reviews of deaths are being carried out with a view to improve the standard and quality of care for people with learning disabilities. People with learning disabilities, their families and carers have been central to developing and delivering the programme. Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring it meets the requirements of the LeDer programme.
Making a complaint or raising a concern
Listening to the voice of people with learning disabilities and their families and care teams is really important to us. NHS England have produced a film to help both people with learning disabilities and NHS providers to do this better. Watch Ask Listen Do on YouTube.
Easy Read Leaflet CHFT: Commpliments, Comments, Concerns or Complaints Leaflet (PDF Document)
For support from the community learning disability health teams
- Kirklees: Kirklees adult learning disability health service (South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Fundation Trust Website)
- Calderdale: Calderdale adult learning disability health service (South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Fundation Trust Website)
The community learning disability health teams have a duty worker, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.
To contact them for advice and support, call:
- Kirklees: 01924 316714
- Calderdale: 07795 884879