A new learning disability liaison team of specialist nurses has been launched at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, in partnership with Nottinghamshire Healthcare, to ensure patients with learning disabilities get equal access to healthcare in hospital.
The liaison team has been set up to improve the healthcare received by people with a learning disability, to support staff treating patients with learning disabilities and is designed to:
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Provide a liaison service by visiting any patient with a learning disability to assist them, their carers and hospital staff, to achieve better outcomes from their time in hospital
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Strategically support Nottingham University Hospitals management on issues relating to learning disabilities
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Provide an education and training service to staff in the acute hospital.
For more information or to make a referral, please contact George Badiali on 0115 924 9924 extension 62562
