Our services
Learning Disability specialist clinics and further information
About the service
If an adult with learning disabilities cannot come to clinic, our specialist team may be able to offer an appointment as a home visit. Specialist clinics are held at Waddiloves Health Centre.
How to access
We are based at Waddiloves Health Centre.
How to find us
Waddiloves Health Centre address
44 Queens Rd
Bradford
BD8 7BT
Contact
Telephone 01274 497121
For information on all mental health and wellbeing support services in Bradford and Craven, and self-help resources visit Healthy Minds: www.healthyminds.services.
Use the tabs below to explore this section further.
Specialist clinics include:
A podiatry clinic will identify any foot problems and support people to keep their feet healthy.
A dental clinic will identify any problems with teeth, and support people to keep their teeth healthy.
An opthalmology clinic will identify any problems with vision, and will help people keep their eyes healthy.
An audiology clinic will identify any problems with hearing and support people to keep their ears healthy.
Useful documents
Annual health checks and health support from primary care
The Get Checked Out document below has been developed to help people with learning disabilities and their carers to prepare for an annual health check. Please feel free to download the document and fill it in before you attend your annual health check at the Doctors surgery.
- Get Checked Out
- Annual Health Check
- Annual Health Check fact sheet for parents and carers
- Top tips for clinicians
Going into hospital
Both Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Airedale NHS Foundation Trust use Hospital Passports for people with learning disabilities. They also have staff in place who can ensure that people with learning disabilities get the right support whilst they are in hospital. You can contact the Safeguarding teams in the hospital if you are an adult with learning disabilities or support an adult with learning disabilities who is going into hospital if you feel they need extra support. Please see the link below to download the Hospital Passport.
Across Bradford district we also use Red Bags in hospital – these hold people’s important health information, like the Hospital passport or Keeping my chest healthy information. You can also put anything else in it that might support them to have a better time in hospital – such as activities to help stay calm and settled, headphones or ear plugs, medications, eating and drinking equipment, etc. You can contact Waddiloves for further information about Red Bags or talk to the staff in hospital.
Cancer Screening
Bowel Screening
Cervical screening
Other links
Waddiloves Health Centre guide to services– an Easy Read guide about all the services available at Waddiloves Health Centre.
If you have a cancer screening booked, here is some helpful information and explainer videos that will show what happens during a screening.
Understanding constipation – an Easy Read booklet on the signs of constipation and how to treat it.
Our Learning Disabilities challenge, has useful links to help people with a learning disability to start, live and age well.
Resources to support people with learning disabilities to have conversations around death and dying
Other useful contacts
Social care support – the health support team only provides health support. If you or your family wants information about social care support, such as day care or respite, please contact the Access Point on 01274 435400 who will be able to help.
Advocacy support – Voiceability provides advocacy support to adults with learning disabilities in Bradford and can be contacted on 01274 888017.
Easy Read information about health issues – there are lots of websites which can provide Easy Read information or videos on health conditions. Please try btm or easyheatlh.org.uk for further details.