Hi All,
I’ve recently heard mention of a role in hospitals, equivalent to the Learning Disability Acute Liaison Nurse but for patients who are autistic without a learning disability. Can anyone remind me of the role title please? Is this an initiative that’s just specific to certain health trusts or part of a wider development? Thanks! Annie
Dear Annie. I would be really interested to learn more about this too coming from a Speech and Language therapy perspective.
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In Cornwall our acute liaison nurse service for people with learning disabilities extended their role to also cover autistic patients. In Derriford in Plymouth they have a specific autism liaison nurse service which is separate to the learning disability team. Its so helpful to have both services and I have had very positive feedback from patients on how much better their hospital experiences have been since the introduction of both services. I am sure both teams would be happy to discuss the commissioning arrangements and business cases put forward to get the services.
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Hi,
We don’t have this service within Northamptonshire yet.
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