Haringey Learning Disabilities Partnership provides specialist health and social care services for people with learning disabilities and their carers. The Partnership aims to provide specialist support for people with learning disabilities, to help them achieve and sustain independence and life-time well being. 

The service covers the following functions

• Assessment and care management
• Residential care, covering both respite care and adult placements (known as 'Shared Lives')
• Social care community support
• Assessment and treatment for people with learning disabilities and mental health needs (CPA - Care Programme Approach
• NHS Community health care (including nursing, speech and language therapy, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, music therapy, psychology and psychiatry)

If the Learning Disability Partnership is not the right service for the person you are referring they will support them with information, signposting and advice. Information on education and employment, sexual and physical matters, welfare rights, and housing is readily available and appropriate referrals, will be made. Contact the First Response team.

Improving identification of people with a learning disability

NHS England Improving identification of people with a learning disability: guidance for general practice outlines QOF changes, includes four appendicies and sets out the best way of using this information.

1. List of codes that indicate a learning disability
2. List of codes that may indicate a learning disability
3. List of outdated codes
4. Learning disability identification check-list.

The Learning Disabilities Mortality Review (LeDeR) Programme

• LeDeR is a national review of deaths of people with learning disabilities. Use the LeDeR website to report a death of patient with learning disability who was aged 18 years and above. To report the death of a child or young person under 18 years of age visit Child Death Review.
• STOMP and STAMP are initiatives to stop over medication and support appropriate treatment in children with learning disabilities.

How to Refer