Health information and leaflets are available below. More health information can be found on the Easyhealth website.
Find out about activities and clubs in your local area.
- Basingstoke
- Winchester
- Things to do at home (January 2021)
- Covid 19 Activities (Virtual)
Becky Sparks - Hospital Passports for LD from Southern Health on Vimeo.
- All about me book March 2019
- Example of a completed Hospital Passport
- Hospital Passport - for adults with Learning Disabilities - UHS Hospital (Southampton only)
- Hospital Passport - Hampshire Hospitals FT 2019
- Hospital Passport - Paediatric Hospital Passport 2020 - Southampton UHS only
- Hospital Passport 2020 covid-19 UHS LD
- Hospital passport covid19 2 page summary
- Hospital Passport One Page profile April 2020
- Links to Hospital Passport Videos
- NHS Covid-19 Grab and Go
- Top Tips for carers filling in a Hospital Passport
Hampshire Hospitals website - information for people with Learning Disabilities
Video on Top Tips for Carers for completing a Hospital Passport. Video for Carers, relatives and supporters of people with learning disabilities.
Annual Health Checks - LD awareness from Southern Health on Vimeo.
Useful documents to download
- 1A Annual Health Check Overview document from MENCAP (Easy Read)
- 1B Pre Health Check Questions Form for Ladies (Easy Read)
- 1C Pre Health Check Questions Form for Gentleman (Easy Read)
- 1D Medicine Review Prompt sheet (Easy Read)
- 1E Annual Health Check Checklist (Easy Read)
- 1F Annual Health Check Patient Feedback Form (Easy Read)
- 1G Short Pre Health Check Questionnaire - March 2022
- 2A Annual Health Check Process Flowchart (Covid-19) - for use by Primary Care
- 2B Annual Health Check GP letter (Easy Read) - for use by Primary Care
- 2C Annual Health Check Template for Home Visits (EMIS) - for use by Primary Care
- 2D Health Check Action Plan (Easy Read) - for use by Primary Care
Hampshire Southampton Support Pack for GP practices re-starting Annual Learning Disability Health Checks
Anaemia: Low iron in the blood - Easy Read leaflet
Monitoring charts
Monthly Monitoring Bowel Movement chart - for us by family and carers
Example Bowel Protocol - Easy Read version
For more information visit the EasyHealth Site.
Useful documents to download
- An Easy Guide to Bowel Cancer Screening
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Information
- My prostate - what changes should I look out for
- Having a smear test - What is it about
- My boobs and me
- How to look after my balls
- An easy read guide to Cervical screening
- Health Screening Leaflet for those supporting children and adults with learning disabilities
- Easy read guide to breast screening
Relationships
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Easy read Information on Support Bubble (Photo symbols)
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Easy read - mate crime information (Surrey Police)
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Easy read guide - friend or fake (ARC)
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Keeping in touch guide (NDTi)
Keeping safe while being on the computer
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Keeping safe on line (CMG)
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Zoom cue cards (Keepingsafe)
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Easy Read - How to use Microsoft Teams (Ace Anglia)
Information about Coronavirus:
- What is coronavirus? (Easy Read) Down Sydrome Association
- Coronavirus resources website
- Beating the Virus from Books Beyond Words
- Supporting your recovery after Covid-19
- When someone dies from Coronavirus (Books Beyond Words)
- Coronavirus - How to get a test Poster (Photo Symbols)
- Lateral Flow Test (Easy Read) Testing at Day Service
Personal Protective Equipment:
Face coverings:
- Face Coverings Poster (Photo Symbols)
- Face Coverings - Social Story (Mencap)
- Face Coverings Exemption Cards (Photo Symbols)
Moving out of lockdown:
- Coming out of lockdown - video
- Feeling anxious when coming out of lockdown - video
- Keeping healthy video - video
- Understanding depression - video
- How to support people with a learning disability ease out of lockdown - video
- How to support people with a learning disability ease out of lockdown - easy read
Southern Health NHS Trust resources:
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Coronavirus vaccine leaflet (Easy Read)
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Consent form/ Best interest decision form (Easy Read)
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Coronavirus vaccine SCAM poster (Easy Read - A3)
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*NEW* - Coronavirus booster vaccine leaflet December 2021 (Easy Read) written in conjunction with Busy People, self-advocacy group in Southampton
NHS/ Public Health England (PHE) resources:
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Guide to having the vaccine (Easy Read)
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Information from Department of Health and Social Care - Why we have added people with Down’s syndrome to the high risk list (Easy Read)
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Vaccination consent form for adults (Easy Read)
Other resources:
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FREE transport to Covid-19 vaccine or health appointments flyer (Southampton). For transport services across Hampshire visit Connect to Support page.
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Social story from EasyHealth.org.uk on what happens when I get the vaccine?
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Information for women who might get pregnant, who are pregnant or are breastfeeding (Easy Read)
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What to expect after your vaccination (Easy Read)
Read information on The Care Programme Approach (CPA)
Download a copy of the Dental Passport
Useful documents to download
- Easy Read My Advance Care Plan How to Care for Me
- Easy Read My Advance Care Plan Support Guide
- Advance Care Planning Support Guide for Care Providers
Covid-19, End of life, people with intellectual disability
End of Life conversations - a carers guide
How to use the Accessible Planning Tool
Epilepsy - Staying Safe Booklet - June 2019
If you would like to print this leaflet please print on the short edge.
A guide having your flu jab from Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust
Flu Jab Low Res from Southern Health on Vimeo.
Why should people with a learning disability have their free flu jab? from Southern Health on Vimeo.
Other useful videos to watch
Just don't let anything stop you - Find out more about the flu and things that are true and not true
Useful documents to download
- Information on having the flu vaccination during the pandemic (Easy Read)
- Flu vaccine Top Tips slide (Reasonable adjustments and legislation)
- Flu Jab information sheet - June 2020 (Easy Read)
- Flu jab letter for GP use - September 2020 (Easy Read)
- Flu - Social Story - check out Brian! (Easy Read)
- Flu Jab Poster 2018 (Easy Read)
- Nasal spray FLU vaccine
- Nasal spray FLU vaccine given at a Doctors surgery (Easy Read)
- Nasal spray FLU vaccine given at home (Easy Read)
- Having a flu jab (Books Beyond Words)
Useful documents to download
Resources to help during the current pandemic
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Ideas on things to do during the pandemic
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Easy Read - Feeling Anxious about Coronavirus
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The importance of friendships during lockdown
Other resources
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Easy read a guide on how to continue to keep safe
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Activities to do at home booklet
Download the full Needle Phobia Pack in PDF - 56 pages
Appendix documents can be found below
Best interest Discussions Recording form - Page 8
Consent forms for Coronavirus Vaccine - Page 9 and 10
Planning Procedure Checklists - Page 12 and 13
Procedure for Desensitation Guidance - Page 15
Procedure, Desensitiation Recording forms - Page 24
PRN Medication Day Plan - Page 25
Things to think about about having the Covid Vaccine - Page 48
Phobia Rescource Evalution form - Page 55
Bumetanide - Easy Read leaflet
Candesartan - Easy Read leaflet
Lymecycline - Easy Read leaflet
Paracetamol - Easy Read leaflet - New
Propranolol - Easy Read leaflet
Ramipril - Easy Read leaflet
Download the How to stay well - looking after your mental health guide
You can find more information on mental health on the Easyhealth site
Read the Easy Read - Mental Capacity Act 2005 Guide
You can find more information on mental health on the Easyhealth site
Useful documents to download
STOMP stands for stopping over medication for people with a learning disability, autism or both with psychotropic medicines. It is a national project involving many different organisations which are helping to stop the over use of these medicines.
STOMP aims to:
- Improve the quality of life of people with a learning disability, autism or both of any age
- Make sure people only receive psychotropic medication for the right reasons and in the right amount
- Improve understanding of psychotropic medicines and when they should or should not be given
- Improve understanding of alternatives to medication
- Make sure that people with a learning disability, autism or both are involved in decisions about their health and treatment.
Psychotropic medication should only be prescribed for managing behaviour which challenges when it is used in combination with psychology or other therapies.
Psychotropic medication is often prescribed for people with a learning disability, autism or both with an acceptable diagnosis of a serious mental illness such as psychosis or bipolar disorder. STOMP also aims to ensure that medications used in this way are reviewed and monitored appropriately
Find out more about STOMP
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NHS England STOMP page provides accessible information for patients, families and carers about STOMP
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Derbyshire Healthcare Trust have produced a number of short introductory videos about STOMP