The surgery holds a register of patients with a learning disability.
Anyone on the register over the age of 14 will be offered an annual learning disability health check. This is an appointment which helps you to stay healthy and to pick up any medical problems you may have at an early stage.
You may have more than one appointment – to see one of our nursing team to check your height, weight and blood pressure – or may just see a doctor to talk about your health.
If you think you should be on this register then please contact the surgery and we can check for you and add your name to the register if appropriate.
St Johns Surgery recently achieved ‘Gold Standard’ in an Annual Health Check quality audit for patients with Learning Disabilities
My Health Questions
Prior to the annual learning disability health check, we would like our patients or their carers to complete the ‘My Health Questions’ which you can download and print for the doctor.
Tests
Different people need different tests. If you are invited to attend for one of the tests below you may like to read about it first:
Easy guide to having a colonoscopy
Having abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening
Easy read having examinations and blood tests
Easy read using a pulse oximeter
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Further Support
The Learning Disabilities Community Service provides specialist healthcare to adults with learning disabilities whose needs cannot be met by mainstream services alone. The team helps to ensure that people with learning disabilities receive the same care and treatment as everyone else when there is a concern about their physical or mental health.
