Re. Your trust

            a. How many acute hospitals do you have in your trust?

3

 

b. How many inpatient beds do you have within each of the acute hospitals in your trust?

Heartlands Hospital: 781 Beds

Good Hope Hospital: 512 Beds

Solihull Hospital: 212 Beds

 

 

Re. Training on learning disability:

 

1. Do you have content on learning disability in your acute hospital inductions, for;

                                          i.    clinical staff

Yes

                                        ii.    non-clinical staff

Yes

                                       iii.    Where the programme is self-directed, what length of time are participants expected to spend on learning disability related content?

45 minutes

                                       iv.    Where the programme is taught, what is the teaching time for each group?

1 hour

1. Have you provided specialist learning disability training to acute hospital staff within the last 3 years?

Yes

 

If so;

                                          i.    How many staff attended such training?

8885 staff completed the training

 

                                        ii.    Was this training mandatory or optional?

Mandatory (on line training)

 

                                       iii.    For each different programme delivered, Pf there were different courses of different lengths.  actually sdlease lldldlasdfjkldfjplease give the name of the programme(s), course duration (in hours), number of sessions and how many staff attended?

Equality & Diversity on line (Learning disability was covered) – 45 minutes –

8885 staff completed the course.

Learning disabilities awareness – face to face session – 1 hour – approx 300 staff attended

Customised Learning Disabilities awareness – face to face session – 1 hour – approx 150 staff attended

 

Re. Reasonable adjustments:

 

1. Do you have a ‘flagging’ system in place to notify hospital staff when a patient has a learning disability?

                                          i.    If so, what is it?

Currently the Trust does not have a ‘flagging ‘ system. A scoping work has been undertaken and discussions held with IT team to inform the next steps.

 

1. How many patient information leaflets do you have currently available across your trust, and how many of these are available in easy read format?

1114 patient information leaflets are available via the Patient Advice and Information. Database (PAID). This is an electronic means of controlling and distributing patient information leaflets through the Trust’s Intranet.  Forming part of the Trust’s electronic patient record development (EPR) the system is set up to be patient centred; a leaflet can only be printed when the system has a specific patient selected.  Due to the interaction of the PAID system with the EPR each time an information leaflet is printed a record is automatically entered into the electronic patient record for that patient, allowing staff to view a complete history of patient information leaflets issued to any patient.

The Health Information Team will ensure information is written in plain language. A “large print” version of the information leaflet is always available if required.

 

 

1. Do you routinely offer personalised easy read format appointment letters/other correspondence to patients with a learning disability?

No, however the maternity service have developed easy read format appointment letters and are implementing it.

 

1. Do you routinely offer the option of longer out-patient appointments to patients with a learning disability?

 

1. Do you routinely offer ‘hospital passports’ to patients with a learning disability during pre-admission appointments?

                                          i.    If so, are your ward staff trained to use them?

Hospital Assessment – Traffic Light system and My Hospital Book resources are

available on Equality & Diversity webpage for staff to use for their identified patients

with a learning disability. Staff training provides participants with complete      information on how to use these documents.

 

1. What is your process for recognising support needs in a referral to services in your trust, identifying reasonable adjustments that are known to be helpful to the patient, and putting them in place?

Health Facilitation Nurse teams are involved to support the hospital staff in identifying and implementing reasonable adjustments i.e. using various types of sign language interpreters; side room for privacy and dignity; over night stay for carer; flexible time for consultation/tests etc

 

1. Do you have a policy or written guidance on reasonable adjustments in place for patients with a learning disability?

Yes the Trust has a

 

If so;

                                          i.    What is it?

Learning Disabilities Policy

 

ii.    How is it provided to staff?

The policy is available on Trust intranet page ‘Policies and Procedures‘ for all Trust staff to access. Information is also shared at staff training sessions.

 

1. Did you carry out an audit showing compliance with NHS Contract requirement on appropriate assistance/reasonable adjustments in 2015/16? (Please refer to NHS Standard Contract 2015/16 Service Conditions: 13.2) If so, please share.

 

No

 

Re. Caring for patients with a learning disability:

 

1. Do you have a policy or written guidance on supporting family carers of patients with a learning disability?

Same as section ‘ g ‘

If so;

                                          i.    What is it?

Same as section ‘ g ‘

 

                                        ii.    How is it provided to staff?

Same as section g

1. Do you have a procedure in place for unplanned admission of patients with a learning disability? If so, what is it?

                       Care of a Patient with a Learning Disability in HEFT Emergency Admission

Procedure is part of the Guidance and Procedure section of the Learning

Disabilities policy

      

1. How many specialist learning disability staff do you have in post and what are their job titles? If so, how many full-time equivalent posts do you have?

Trust has honorary contract with two Learning Disability Health Facilitation Nurses from Coventry & Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust. Two Health Facilitation nurses from

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust work closely with Trust staff on all aspects of

care for patients with a learning disability.

1. Please will you share the name and contact details of your learning disability lead, if you have one?

Riaz Janjua, Head of Equality & Diversity, c/o Chaplaincy office, main corridor, Birmingham Heartlands hospital, Bordesley Green East, B9 5SS.

Tel : 0121 – 424 1319

 

1. How many patients with a learning disability were treated by your trust in 2015/16, 2014/15, 2013/14?

We do not hold this information

 

1. How many patients with a learning disability died within you trust in 2015/16, 2014/15 and 2013/2014?

We do not hold this information

 

o.   How many of these deaths were investigated by the trust?

Not applicable