Availability

Referral required

Yes

Referral Details

Referrals

• The service accepts referrals from anyone; people with a learning disability may refer themselves.
• All referrals are reviewed so the team can decide if they are the best people to help and to identify the clinical need and urgency.

 

To help with the referral process we ask that the person making the referral:

 

• Provides evidence that the person being referred has a learning disability
• Provides details of their GP’s name, Practice Name and address and their home address.
• Clearly describes the health need and the medication list that the person is asking for help with.

 

It is also important that the person being referred (or where appropriate, their carers) have given their consent for the referral to be made.

 

Referrals can be made by completing and emailing our referral form and enquiries can be made by either telephone or in writing, to the following: -

 

Referral Hub

Adult Learning Disability Service

Darwen Resource Centre

Edward Street

Darwen, BB3 1AY

Tel: 01772 520202

Email: LDReferralHub@lancashirecare.nhs.uk

Other notes

Eligibility

To be eligible for the service, people must fulfil the following criteria:

Have a significantly reduced ability to understand new or complex information and to learn new skills (impaired intelligence) with:

• A reduced ability to cope independently (impaired social functioning) which started before adulthood (age 18) with a lasting effect on development.
• Be registered with a GP or consider themselves to live in the area.
• Have a health need that cannot be met by mainstream health services with reasonable adjustments.