Autism and Learning Disabilities

What we are doing...

• We offer annual health checks for people with learning disabilities
• We have easy to access, bright and welcoming premises
• We offer tours of the surgery for people with learning disabilities to lessen fear
• We use communication aids to help understanding
• We allow double appointment booking for people with learning disabilities if needed
• We have staff who are trained in customer care and learning disability awareness
• We have a learning disability champion

Annual health checks

Registered patients with a learning disability will be invited to the Manor Group for annual health checks with a GP who has a special interest in learning disabilities.

People with a learning disability can sometimes find it hard to know when they are ill and may find it hard to tell someone about it. It is very important to go to your annual health check every year so you and your doctor can find any problems early to help you.

You can find out more about annual health checks by reading the easy read guide on the Mencap website or by watching this video

Easy Read Guides

We have produced an easy read photo guide to help you understand what to expect when you visit the Practice

• Coming to see us at the surgey

Other Guides

• Getting ready to talk about your health
• Breast cancer easy read
• Smear test easy read
• See the Easy Health website for lots of other resources
• NHS England easy read newsletters