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Supporting someone with a learning disability12th April 2022

Supporting someone with a learning disability Northumberland Tyne & Wear NHS Foundation Trust have produced an easy read patient information leaflet entitled Advance Decisions and Advance Statements: Making choices about your care and treatment, a copy of which can be found here Sunderland Learning Disability Services have worked closely with colleagues in palliative care to […]

Resources for people with a learning disability26th August 2020

Patient Screening Information – Easy Read Formats Public Health England have produced easy read patient information for the following breast, bowel and cervical screening programmes. To access a copy please click on the appropriate programme below: Download the NHS bowel screening patient information Macmillan easy read booklets Macmillan provide short booklets […]

Cancer pathways, supporting people with a learning disability

Two Week Wait Patient Information Leaflets Easy read versions of our Two Week Wait Patient Information leaflets can be found in the Supporting Primary Care section of our website. Supporting Primary Care Faster Diagnosis Centres Cancer Care Co-ordinator and FDS Easy Read Resources The Network, Be Cancer Aware, the Easy Information Service from Skills for […]

Cancer screening support for people with a learning disability

Further information about cancer screening can be found on our Cancer Screening page. Social care providers guidance and resource pack The social care providers guidance and resource pack provides tools to carers to enable them to support people with a learning disability to access cancer screening. A social care guidance and resource pack for providers of […]

Learning Disability

The Northern Cancer Alliance work closely with the North East and Cumbria Learning Disability Network. We aim to reduce the inequalities faced by people with a learning disability in understanding, access and outcomes. What is a learning disability? Valuing People, the 2001 White Paper on the health and social care of people with learning disabilities, […]

Improving cancer services for people with a learning disability30th January 2019

Sharing learning, saving lives Improving cancer services for people with a learning disability Monday, 21st January 2019, Hilton Hotel, Bottle Bank, Gateshead NE8 2AR Presentations and presenter contact details For any specific questions regarding the event contact julie.tucker11@nhs.net Introduction to the day Jodie Williams and Judith Thompson, North East and Cumbria Learning Disability […]

Improving the accessibility of breast screening follow up letters25th July 2022

Sunderland People First, a group of self-advocates with learning disabilities and autistic people, and Healthwatch Sunderland have worked in partnership to improve the accessibility of the written information sent to women who are recalled after attending for their breast screening mammogram. The absence of accessible information for women who are recalled was highlighted to Healthwatch […]

Resources on discussing death, dying and bereavement12th April 2022

Resources on discussing death, dying and bereavement Below are a number links to resources that will support discussions with patients and families relating to death, dying and bereavement. When someone dies from coronavirus: a guide for families and carers (Books Beyond Worlds) Bereavement and learning disabilities (Cheshire and Wirral Partnerships NHS) Dealing with a bereavement (Mencap) Loss, bereavement […]

Resources for the general public5th April 2022

Deciding right – a North East initiative for making care decisions in advance When you become more poorly you can lose the ability to make choices about how you wish to be cared for and where. Although difficult to think about, it can be helpful to have conversations with family, friends and professionals in advance […]

Referral quality20th October 2020

Review Referral Practice This will enable and support practices to consider Referral Review practice level data to explore presentation and diagnostic trends – eg. PHE Fingertips data Review the quality of suspected cancer referrals (in line with NICE NG12) – through audit and reflective practice Make use of and available Clinical Decision-Making Tools Make use […]