Newham Learning Disabilities Service

We work with people who have significant or severe levels of learning disabilities with additional communication, sensory and mobility problems that require support and intervention from specialist health  professionals with specific expertise and experience of this client group. The work is always at the client's pace and so sessions may take longer than in mainstream services.

Newham Health Team for Adults with Learning Disabilities (NHLD) offers a single access point to a specialist multi-disciplinary service supported by an operational manager, Continuing Care Coordinators and admin staff.

In addition to the core team, two primary care nursing posts have been commissioned to work with GPs to improve annual health check compliance and health facilitation for LD clients.

The work is always at the client's pace and so sessions may take longer than in mainstream services. We work with a variety of providers both specialist and mainstream including GPs, social services, mental health services, employment, education and the voluntary sector. 

NHLD is a specialist multi-disciplinary team comprising of:

• Art Therapy
• Clinical Psychology
• Learning Disability Community Nursing, including an Access to Acute Liaison Nurse
• Occupational Therapy
• Physiotherapy
• Psychiatry
• Speech and Language Therapy