Acute Liaison Nurses Learning Disabilities Samantha Lovage Barbara Lewis.

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Acute Liaison Nurses Learning Disabilities Samantha Lovage Barbara Lewis

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 Work closely with the Equality and Diversity department to provide training to hospital staff  Advising on capacity and consent  Provide easy read material to support most hospital procedures  Health toolkit available

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Acute Liaison NursesLearning Disabilities

Samantha LovageBarbara Lewis

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Assist hospital staff to ensure they have information to provide effective care and treatment

Promote the rights of people with a learning disability

Support with planned hospital admissions Support the patient, family/carers from admission

to discharge Advise hospital staff with regard to making

reasonable adjustments

Role of the Acute Liaison Nurse

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Work closely with the Equality and Diversity department to provide training to hospital staff

Advising on capacity and consent Provide easy read material to support most

hospital procedures Health toolkit available

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Nationally recognised resource Focuses on specific needs of the individual Birmingham Health Facilitation team use ‘My Hospital Book’

Hospital Passport

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Community office 0121 770 6976 We have an office in Heartlands 0121 424

1805 Birmingham team can be contacted on 0121

466 3950 Resources and more information can be

found on the intranet – under Equality and Diversity

Flyers with all our contact details on the wards

Where to find us

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Thank you for listening

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