In this section...

  1. Adult community services
  2. Carers corner
  3. Children's services
  4. Community mental health services
  5. Community response to COVID-19
  6. Dementia and older people’s mental health
  7. Health for Homeless Service
  8. Hospital at Home
  9. Learning disability services
  10. Medication
  11. Mental health crisis
  12. Personalised care planning
  13. SilverCloud
  14. Physiotherapy
  15. Spiritual and pastoral care
  16. Suicide Liaison Service
  17. Talking Therapies
  18. Transforming wound care
  19. Tuberculosis Service
  20. Useful information following a bereavement
  21. Video appointments
  22. Wheelchair Service
  23. Workplace flu vaccination clinics

Screening roadshow

We are holding roadshows at various locations for families, carers, support workers and anyone who would like to discuss the 5 national screening programmes:

  1. Abdominal aortic aneurysm.
  2. Breast cancer.
  3. Bowel cancer.
  4. Cervical screening.
  5. Diabetic eye screening.

We'll also be sharing information on how best to support someone with a learning disability.

No appointment needed. Pop in for a chat. Drinks and biscuits will be provided.

To find out more, email the Screening Liaison Team.

Roadshow dates

  • 8 September, 2pm to 4pm, at Charlestown Village Hall, St Austell, PL25 3NS.
  • 14 September, 10.30am to 2pm, at St Erme Village Hall, Truro, TR4 9BJ.
  • 29 September, 10am to 1pm, at Millennium House, Liskeard, PL14 5NF.
  • 5 October, 10.30 to 1pm, at Gardeners House, Penzance, TR18 4DA.
  • 13 October, 10.30 to 1pm, at Penventon House, Redruth, TR15 1TE.
  • 21 October, 12.30pm to 3pm, at Pendennis, Falmouth, TR11 4NR.
  • 5 November, 10am to 1pm, at Shire Hall, Bodmin, PL31 2DQ.
  • 9 November, 9.30am to midday, at Parkhouse Centre, Bude, EX23 8LD.

Primary care and screening liaison nurses

Find out more about our primary care liaison nurses and screening liaison nurses below. Both these services are for adults with learning disabilities.

Primary care liaison nurses

What is primary care?

Primary care is the first point of contact for health care unless it is an emergency. It is mainly provided by GPs (general practitioners), but community pharmacists, opticians and dentists are also primary health care providers.

What does the primary care liaison nurse team do?

We are a team of nurses who work alongside primary care providers and community hospitals. Our aim is to improve the professionals understanding of how to meet the health needs of people with a learning disability and to enable those, with a learning disability, to get the best from primary care before being referred on to specialist services if needed.

We do this by:

  • checking GP registers to make sure those with a learning disability are recognised within the practice, so their needs can be met, and reasonable adjustments can be made, for example a double appointment time
  • working closely with GP surgeries to improve the uptake and quality of the learning disability annual health checks
  • providing support to individuals, their carers and support staff to those who may have difficulties attending or accessing services
  • offering general and bespoke training to primary care staff, advice and signposting to other services and encouraging the use of effective communication including easy read material

Each nurse is based in a different area. Contact your local nurse for more information.

Screening liaison nurses

We have 3 screening liaison nurses who work with the NHS adult screening programmes. These include the programmes below:

  • abdominal aortic aneurysm
  • bowel cancer
  • breast cancer
  • cervical cancer
  • diabetic retinopathy

They work closely with the screening staff to identify people with learning disabilities so that they can be sent information in an easy-to-understand format and put reasonable adjustments in place when needed.

The screening liaison nurses work closely with GPs and other healthcare staff to support people with learning disabilities when they are invited to participate in screening. They support people with a learning disability to understand why screening is important and what to expect at a screening appointment.