News and reports

Here you can find all past issues of the LLDA newsletter. The newsletter has useful information for Lambeth people with Learning disabilities. It also introduces new services and talks about issues that local people with learning disabilities share.

In 2018 we worked with the Health Innovation Network to ensure that peoples’ voices were heard in the evaluation of their red bag project.

Health issues unfortunately don't leave us alone at the weekend and people are often in need of medical assistance out of hours. Using NHS guidelines, we have provided some advice and information on where you can go for help when your GP is closed.

Every three months, we’ll bring you a round-up of the latest feedback we have received from Lambeth residents.  Here’s a summary of what we’ve heard from 48 people between April and September 2018.

We carried out an evalution of the first two years of Project Smith, where local people worked together with NHS Lambeth CCG and Lambeth Council, recognising that the community and people are the assets and key to good health and wellbeing.

In February 2018, three teams visited Kings College Hospital to assess effectiveness and accessibility of signage for people with learning disabilities within the grounds and hospital.

Local hospitals have joined together with care homes in Lambeth to introduce the ‘red bag’ scheme. The red bag helps to provide a prompt, safe and efficient transfer of clinical care, when a resident moves between a care home and clinical settings.

GP online services allow you to access a range of services via your computer or mobile. Here's how you can use it and how to sign up.

Hospital discharge has been identified as a national problem. The Going Home project follows a patient's journey from hospital to home to see how well services work together to ensure a good recovery.

The Right for Everyone project was a partnership initiative to investigate how well community health services work for people with learning disabilities. We looked at dental services, GP practices, pharmacy, foot clinics and opticians.

In 2018 we visited our local hospital, King’s College Hospital with members of the LLDA to assess it for disability friendly signage. Members worked together to come up with recommendations on how the signage could better meet their needs.

A pilot project aimed to test out an approach for building a picture of older people’s experiences of health and social care services following a stay in hospital.