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The service is made up of a group of different healthcare professionals who combinine their skills to offer physcial healthcare in community settings to support adults with learning disabilities.
- Service Type: Adults
- Service Contact: WCLDTAdmin@swlstg.nhs.uk
- Service Category: Community
- Disabled access: yes
- Address: Balham Health Centre, 120-124 Bedford Hill, London, SW12 9HS
- Reception hours: 9 am to 5pm - Monday to Friday
- Reception phone number: 020 3513 6363
About our care
The service provides a wide range of support to adults with learning disabilities in the borough of Wandsworth.
Its team is made up of specialists including occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, physiotherapists, dietitians, exercise practitioners, psychologists, nurses and consultant psychiatrists.
The team provides different assessments, clinics and treatment options including:
- Psychological and cognitive assessments
- Learning disability asessments
- Occupational therapy asessments
- Dysphagia asessment and treatment
- Communication assessment and treatment
- Mobilty assessment and treatment
- Aquatherapy assesment and treatment
- Exercise assessment and support
- Support with diet and weight management,
- Psychological treatments
- Positive behaviour support
- Sensory assessment
- Medication options
- Aquatherapy
- Dementia clinics
- Epilepsy clinics
- Sexual health clinics
Who is this service for?
This service is for adults with a learning disability who are under the care of a GP local to Wandsworth.
Referrals and access
Local GPs should be the first point of contact for adults with learning disabilities who require physical health support.
GPs can provide referral to the Wandsworth Learning Disabilities Healthcare Team via the NHS e-Referral Service (e-RS).
Other healthcare partners and agencies can refer to team by emailing WandsworthMHPHLD@swlstg.nhs.uk
Patient information
People referred to the service and thier family or carers will work with the team to develop a plan for their care and support at the outset.
Alongside this, a named healthcare professional will help organise, manage and monitor this plan and will act as a main point of contact.
For those with more complex needs a dedicated care coordinator will provide this support.
