Health and Wellbeing
If someone is in immediate risk, please contact 999.
If you or someone you know are struggling with their mental health, Tameside mental health is available to call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on 0800 014 9995
Autism Health Passport
‘My Health Passport’ is designed to help autistic people to communicate their needs to doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals.
When admitted to hospital for treatment overnight, or for a long stay, you should give the passport to the healthcare professional responsible for your care and ask them to make sure the passport is kept with your patient notes.
GMAC Reasonable Adjustment Guide
The GM Autism and Learning Disability Reasonable Adjustment in Acute Settings group have developed a small credit card sized card to ask for brief adjustments to ease the transit through medical intervention or support.
The group has developed four versions of this card, access them through the link below to complete, they can be printed off and laminated if needed.
NHS Guidance
Going into hospital can be a worrying time for some people with a learning disability. But there is extra support you can get while you are in hospital. The NHS have advice and information on getting ready to go in hospital, how learning disability nurses can support you, making reasonable adjustments and more.
Some of this information is useful for autistic people who do not have a learning disability.
