Agenda and supporting papers - Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust
Agenda and supporting papers - Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust
Agenda and supporting papers - Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust
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Item 11<br />
Over the past two years, members of DUG have been supported to promote initiatives such<br />
as Annual Health Assessments (primary care), development of their own Hospital Passports,<br />
consideration of Organ Donation <strong>and</strong> Staying Healthy campaign. They have also worked<br />
closely with <strong>Trust</strong> staff to contribute to the following:<br />
• Recruitment of staff to the LD Liaison team.<br />
• Signage across the hospital.<br />
• Secret Shopper feedback.<br />
• Webpage for Learning Disabilities on the <strong>Trust</strong>’s website.<br />
• Patient mealtimes <strong>and</strong> menus.<br />
Following discussion with the <strong>Trust</strong> Chairman <strong>and</strong> Chief Executive, at recent DUG meeting,<br />
members of DUG will be supported to continue work towards advising on signage <strong>and</strong> other<br />
aspects of the hospital environment <strong>and</strong> involved in improving the language <strong>and</strong> presentation<br />
of patient letters to people with Learning Disabilities.<br />
There are plans to extend the user group to include people with Learning Disabilities from<br />
both Devon <strong>and</strong> Cornwall local authority areas; also to include DUG in the wider patient/user<br />
feedback planned by the Patient Services team as part of the Patient Experience work.<br />
National St<strong>and</strong>ards for People with Learning Disabilities in Hospital<br />
Progress continues to be made towards the national st<strong>and</strong>ards as laid out in the Monitor<br />
framework <strong>and</strong> Care Quality Commission <strong>and</strong> is reported in Annex 4. The <strong>Trust</strong> continues to<br />
provide high quality care to people with Learning Disabilities:<br />
• Reasonable adjustments are made to care plans/care pathways for people with<br />
Learning Disabilities, through the involvement of LD liaison team <strong>and</strong><br />
communication with community services.<br />
• Clinical teams which care for people with Learning Disabilities on a regular basis,<br />
have active LD Link nurses. These provide leadership <strong>and</strong> support to other<br />
colleagues for the particular care needs for individuals <strong>and</strong> to promote the use of<br />
reasonable adjustments.<br />
• The role <strong>and</strong> scope of the LD liaison team in <strong>supporting</strong> people with complex<br />
needs has recently been reviewed <strong>and</strong> revised. The team provide important<br />
liaison with community services, advice to clinical teams <strong>and</strong> support to<br />
individuals <strong>and</strong> their families.<br />
• Discharges are well planned <strong>and</strong> communicated with community services,<br />
facilitated by the LD liaison team.<br />
• There is regular training <strong>and</strong> education for staff, to raise awareness of the specific<br />
needs of people with LD <strong>and</strong> those who are vulnerable adults.<br />
• Support is provided to carers as they work with clinical teams to meet the needs<br />
of patients in hospital. This is particularly relevant to parents of people with LD,<br />
some of whom have their own health <strong>and</strong> care issues – as they often spend long<br />
periods of time in hospital <strong>supporting</strong> patients.<br />
• Incidents <strong>and</strong> complaints involving patients with LD are flagged, to allow the<br />
involvement of the LD liaison nurses in the investigation <strong>and</strong> resolution of<br />
complaints/incidents.<br />
• The Meridian ‘Essence of Care’ audit system is used to review/audit to st<strong>and</strong>ards<br />
of care for patients identified with LD.