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Coronavirus

• Coronavirus Hospital Passport
• Coronavirus Guidance for patients with a Learning Disability
• Books Beyond Words - Coping with Coronavirus

Local links - Plymouth:

• Plymouth Highbury Trust

Local links - Cornwall:

• Cornwall Learning Disability Services
• Cornwall NHS Choices

Useful Links

Category		Website Address
Abuse		Plymouth Highbury Trust
Advocacy		Plymouth Highbury Trust
Asthma		Asthma UK
Autistic Spectrum		National Autistic Spectrum
Challenging Behaviours		The Challenging Behaviour Foundation
Communication		Communication Matters
		Makaton
		Singalong
Dementia		The Alzheimers Society
Deprivation of Liberty		Deprivation of Liberty guide and information
Easy Read		A guide to Sepsis
Easy Read		Attend anywhere appointments
Easy Read		Guide to constipation
Easy Read		Falls leaflet
Easy Read		Having an EEG
Easy Read		Having a Kidney Transplant
Easy Read		Having your blood pressure taken
Easy Read		Having swabs taken
Easy Read		Parkinsons Information
Easy Read		Where am I?
Easy Read		Wearing an oxygen mask
Easy Read by Photosymbols		Coronavirus: How to Stay Safe
Easy Read by Photosymbols		Coronavirus: Health Issues
Easy Read by Photosymbols		Coronavirus: What if you get ill?
Easy Read by Photosymbols		Coronavirus: Staying at home
Easy Read by Photosymbols		Coronavirus: Please don't spread it
Easy Read by Photosymbols		Coronavirus: You must stay at home
Easy read medicines		LD Medication Guidelines
Epilepsy		The Epilepsy Society
Health		Easy Health
Health		Health is everybody's responsibility
Hospital Passport		Help to fill out the Hospital Passport
		Equality Human Rights
		Improving Health and Lives
Housing		Renter's Rights and Housing Assistance for people with Learning Disabilities
		Special Needs Checklist: How Disability-Friendly is Your City?
Learning Disability		Mencap
		British Institute of Learning Disabilities
		The Royal College of Psychiatrists
Mental Health		Mental Health Foundation
News		Disabled man's cancer care criticised
Nursing		Royal College of Nursing
Sports and Hobbies		Sports & Hobbies for people with Disabilities
Training		Best Vocational Training Programs for Disabled
		Transition to Adulthood: Home Modifications for Young Adults with Special Needs

 

Hospital Passports

The National Autistic Society have made hospital passports which can be used by people who are on the autistic spectrum. 

• Click here to download the passport and guidance

 

Reports/legislation

• Confidential Inquiry into premature deaths of people with learning disabilities
• Mencap - 74 Deaths and Counting
• Mencap - Treat me well campaign
• Six Lives Report
• Death by Indifference
• The Mental Capacity Act
• NHS Long Term Plan - Overview and summary

 

Useful Information 

• A guide to Communicating with people with profound and multiple learning difficulties
• Learning from the past - Setting out the future - The Royal College of Nursing statement on the role of the Learning Disability Nurse 
• Definition of a learning disability
• Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) Overview
• Guidance for people who commission or produce Easy Read
• Link Nurses
• Roles and Responsibilities of the Link Nurse