Learning disability services in Rotherham are provided jointly by the Council and the NHS.  The Council is the lead provider and lead commissioner for services for adults with a learning disability in Rotherham

NHS Rotherham works closely with the Learning Disability Service to commission:

• Specialist health services for people with learning disabilities. 
• Better general health services for people with learning disabilities.

This is some of the work we have been doing to improve access to health services for people with learning disabilities in Rotherham:

• Introduced flagging of health records in the hospital and GP surgeries
• Learning disability awareness training for over 350 staff including GPs staff from the hospital and Rotherham Community Health Services
• GP annual health checks for people with learning disabilities 
• Health action plans – people with learning disabilities have been offered a health action plan 
• Hospital communication book – this is a book which will help staff to communicate with people with learning disabilities and includes lots of pictures to help someone with a learning disability explain how they are feeling

How are we doing in Rotherham?

Each year we carry out a Health Assessment for the Strategic Health Authority which rates how well we are doing. 

• Feedback from the 2009/10 Self Assessment: Letter from SHA to Chief Executive with Summary of Findings from Self Assessment exercise
• Easy read letter 

To prepare for the Health Assessment we held ‘Big Health Days’ during 2010.

• Report from Big Health Day March 2010
  
• Report from Big Health Follow-up Day September 2010

For more information

Valuing People Now gives you information about work that is going on nationally and regionally to improve the lives of people with learning disabilities, and the lives of their families and carers.

There are lots of 'easy read' resources available at 'Friendly Resources' which have been produced by and for people with learning disabilities.

Find out how to stay healthy with 'Healthy Bodies'.

For accessible health care leaflets visit 'Easy Health'.

To contact the learning disability service to find out what they can offer, or for an assessment. 

Email: The learning disability service
Tel: 01709 302800