Staying Healthy
Moving from children's social care to adult's social care
NHS Learning Disability and Autism
The programme is about making health and care services better so that more people with a learning disability, autism or both can live in the community, with the right support, and close to home.
NHS Reasonable Adjustments
The Equality Act (2010) states all organisations including health and social care, such as hospitals and GP surgeries must take steps to remove the barriers individuals face because of disability.
Barking and Dagenham Children and Families Health Service
The Barking and Dagenham Children and Families Health service delivers the Healthy Child Programme (HCP) in partnership with Barnardo’s. The HCP is a health care programme that is offered to families/ carers with children from antenatal to 19 years of age.
The Healthy Child Programme is offered to all children and families resident in the Borough. It includes Health Visitors for antenatal to 5 years old and school nursing and school engagement from 5-19 years.
Barking and Dagenham Children and Families Health Service | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
NHS North East London (NEL) – Barking and Dagenham
NHS North East London Foundation Trust (NELFT) – Barking and Dagenham
NHS Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT)
North East London Outreach Dental Service – We are the Outreach Dental Team. We work across our boroughs to provide a variety of outreach services e.g. fluoride varnish and daily supervised tooth brushing programs in both mainstream and SEN schools.
Sight and Hearing Loss
The sensory team, within the Enabling Independence Team provide a service for people with a sight and/or hearing loss.
Sensory service
We offer information, advice and guidance, orientation and mobility training, hearing aid management training and some assistive equipment/aids; if needed this could help you to manage your sight and/or hearing loss independently.
For information, please visit Sight and Hearing Loss
Annual Health Check
As you get older it is important to stay fit and look after yourself. If you have a learning disability, poor mental health or physical health your GP will ask to see you once a year. The Annual Health Check scheme is for adults and young people aged 14 or above with learning disabilities that need more health support and may otherwise have health conditions that go undetected.
Annual Health Check – NHS
Learning Disability Register
The learning disability register is a list of people with a learning disability that the doctor’s surgery looks after.
Every doctor’s surgery has their own learning disabilities register.
The learning disability register list will help the doctor, nurses and other healthcare staff know what support you need.
Learning Disability Register – Mencap
Adult Autism Service
The Adult Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Service provides support to adults (18+) with suspected or diagnosed autism. The team consists of a multidisciplinary team of professionals, including Psychiatrist, Clinical Psychologists, Assistant Psychologists, Occupational Therapists, and Sensory Integration Specialists who will be involved as per the clients need.
For information, please see: Adult Autism Disorder Service – NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
Video Source from National Autistic Society
LBBD Adult Learning Disability Service
The Adults Learning Disabilities service works closely with NHS partners to deliver a seamless integrated offer to residents. We provide services to adults aged 18 plus with a learning disability who may need care and support and are residents of Barking and Dagenham. We work alongside our children’s colleagues to support the transition of young people as their care moves into the adult care domain exploring and identifying options.
You can contact the team via the Adult Intake Team in social care on 020 8227 2915 or IntakeTeam@lbbd.gov.uk
Details of the NHS service supporting adults with a learning disability can be found on the link.
Mental Health
Your mental health and wellbeing are just as important as your physical health and wellbeing.
For information, please visit Mental Health and Local and National Helplines
Barking and Dagenham – Health and Wellbeing
Information about getting active, eating healthier, mental health and emotional support, cycling in borough.
For information, please visit Health and Wellbeing
Barking and Dagenham – Health and Wellbeing
Our Stop Smoking service is open to young people over 13 and the support can be accessed on the website.