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TheLearning Disability and Autism Liaison Team support people with a learning disability. They ensure people have their health needs met by primary care services in a timely and appropriate manner.
- Service Delivery Office: Mariner House, Portman Road, Ipswich, IP1 2GA
- Service Manager Lead: Malcolm Thomson
- Service Contact: Telephone on 01284 733300
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Address:
F Block, Hospital Road, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 3NR
- Service hours: Our service is available Monday to Friday between the hours of 9:00 and 17:00.
Contacting us
Please give us as much information as possible (including your name, date of birth, NHS number (if known), GP surgery and how you want us to help you.
Initial contact
We will contact you within 2 weeks.
Your referral and next steps
Our team will discuss your referral and decide on the next steps and will contact you again.
- What this service offers
- Access this service
- How this service support carers including friends and family
- Urgent help
What this service offers
The Learning Disability and Autism Liaison Team provides:
- Advice to GP practices, social care colleagues, education, other NHS and third sector organisations. The nurses raise awareness and deliver training about the needs of people with learning disabilities.
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Consultation, advice, brief assessment and formulation to GPs on the needs of adults with learning disabilities. This includes information about physical health conditions, behavioural difficulties or mental illness.
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Advice and support to individuals and families about health needs.
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Support to develop accurate Learning Disability registers, attendance at annual health checks, and health action planning for people aged 14.
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Signposting to access the use of health and social care services and other organisations.
Supporting access through reasonable adjustments for people with a learning disability and autistic spectrum conditions.
We also have a hub of resources, to support you in finding additional support.
We work with people who have a learning disability aged 14 and over.
Access this service
You can call 01284 733300 or e-mail us at: Liaison.NursesLD@nsft.nhs.uk or talk to your GP who can contact us.
We can meet you at your home, at our office, in your GP surgery or a place you feel comfortable. The team can give advice and support over the telephone.
How this service support carers including friends and family
The Learning Disability and Autism Liaison Team can offer advice to carers and families.
Urgent help
If you are a service user and are in crisis and need support urgently you can contact your service on the number which will have been provided.
Call 111 and select the mental health option to speak to our 24 hour mental health crisis line.
If you are with someone who has attempted suicide, call 999 and stay with them until the ambulance arrives.
If anyone is at serious risk of harm, call 999 and ask for the police.
For non-life threatening medical situations, call NHS111 on 111.
For more information, see Help in a Crisis.