Your Health - Glasgow Learning Disability Partnership

In Glasgow, people's health has been improving over the last fifty years. This is mainly because people are better off, better educated and live in a cleaner environment. Health and social care services have also improved.

Glasgow Learning Disability Partnership is working to help people with learning disabilities to lead healthy lives, and to get good quality health support and advice when they need it.

Primary Care Liaison Team
The Primary Care Liaison Team supports local Area Learning Disability Teams to offer health checks to all adults in Glasgow with learning disabilities. The health check can happen in the person's own home or another venue of their choice, for example a resource centre. The health check covers all aspects of the person's health. After their health check, each person receives a 'hand held record' - this is a book with all the information about his or her health at the time of the check. For more information about health checks you can phone the Primary Care Liaison Team on 0141 211 0830.

Specialised Health Support
Many people who have learning disabilities have the need for ongoing support and treatment for a variety of health issues. Glasgow Learning Disability Partnership provides the following specialised services:

  • occupational therapy - helps people with learning disabilities to overcome physical, psychological or social difficulties that are caused by illness or disability

  • speech and language therapy - can help people with learning disabilities who:
    • have difficulties understanding what is said by others
    • have problems expressing themselves
    • do not speak
    • experience difficulty interacting with others
  • physiotherapy - can help any adult with learning disabilities who:
    • has difficulties sitting, standing or walking
    • needs advice or help about their wheelchair or other special seating
    • has very limited movement
    • is physically uncomfortable
    • has few opportunities to exercise
    • has difficulties eating, drinking or swallowing

  • psychiatry - helps people with learning disabilities who also have mental health problems

  • dietetics - is a service for any adult with learning disabilities who:
    • has difficulties eating or swallowing
    • is overweight or underweight
    • needs advice or help with nutrition
  • psychology - can help people with learning disabilities who have mental health problems or who are difficult to support because of their behaviour

  • podiatry - provides foot care involving assessment, treatment and foot health advice for people with learning disabilities

  • community learning disability nursing - for adults with learning disabilities who, from time to time, need the specialist care and support available from community learning disability nurses

  • complex needs support team - supports people with learning disabilities when they need extra help because of changes in their health, living circumstances or behaviour

  • culture liaison team - provides a service for people with learning disabilities from ethnic minority community backgrounds

  • epilepsy and learning disability service - supports people who have epilepsy and learning disabilities to get the help that they need

You can find out more about support for health issues from your Care Manager or your local Area Learning Disablity Team.

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