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)
- 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 - for adults with Learning Disabilities – Queen Alexandra Hospital
- 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.
Watch this video of Harshi’s learning disability annual health check and health action plan. Video from NHS England.
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
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
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 - mate crime information (Surrey Police)
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Easy read guide - friend or fake (ARC)
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)
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
In this video, Emma shares her experience of using Free Style Libre 2 used to monitor blood sugars. This video was produced in collaboration with Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust Learning Disability Services, Abbott and a service user. Watch it below!
Diabetes Education Pack
Please note - This education pack should only be used by appropriate clinical staff to support people with a learning disability to understand their diabetes and its management.
This should not be sent out to service users without appropriate support being given.
1.0 Introduction page
1.1 What is diabetes?
1.2 Food and Drink
1.3 Exercise
1.4 Low or High Blood Sugar
1.5 How to test my blood sugar with a blood monitor
1.6 Diabetic Ketoacidosis DKA
1.7 Feelings
1.8 Health checks
2.1 My diabetes care plan
2.2 Insulin Information
3.0 My diabetes chat booklet
4.1 Diabetes symptoms pictorial
4.2 Blank daily food diary page
4.3 Blank Blood Sugar Readings
Useful links and information
FreeStyle - accessible formats information - website link
FreeStyle Easy Read Guide and videos - website link
FreeStyle LibreLink and LibreLinkUp Training module - Easy Read Web Accessible - November 2020
How to download the app - Easy Read Web Accessible - November 2020
New Starter Presentation - Easy Read - November 2020
Your guide to the FreeStyle Libre System - Easy Read - November 2020
- 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
Find out about Nasal Vaccines here
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
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
Download the Easy Read Guide on how to manage anxiety produced by ecl Person Centred Care and developed in collobaration with Inclusive Communication Essex (ICE).
You can find more information on mental health on the Easyhealth site.
If you need support with your mental health you can self refer to italk.
Read the Easy Read Guide on Mental Capacity Act 2005
Read the booklet about 'What the law says about supporting people to make decisions about their lives' (Easy Read Guide)
Visit The Mental Capacity Act information on the Mencap Website
You can find more information on capacity 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
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