Skip to main content

Adult Learning Disability Health Service

A learning disability affects the way a person understands information and how they communicate.

This means they can have difficulty:

  • Understanding new or complex information
  • Learning new skills
  • Coping independently

A person with a learning disability may have more specific problems processing certain forms of information.

Our Adult Learning Disability Health Service work with people to help them to understand and make choices about their health. Our teams are made up of different professionals who specialise in working with adults who have a learning disability. Sometimes we work directly with the person who needs support. We also work indirectly, through family or support workers. We help set goals and make plans to help meet needs.

Southmead LD nursing team photo

Learning Disability Liaison Nurses

Southmead Hospital

Hydrotherapy

Picture of team

Community Learning Disabilities Team

Service provided by Sirona

Our learning disability health passports

Our Learning Disability Health Passport has been developed with our partners and is used to ensure services from different organisations know important medical and personal information about the people in our care.

See our Learning Disability Health PassportDownload an editable Word version of our Learning Disability Health PassportSee our Easy Read Learning Disability Health Passport