Appointments

How to get an appointment

To get an appointment you need to fill in a form with some information and send it to our team. This is called a referral. Find out how you can refer to the learning disability community health service.

You can also:

• ask a family member or friend to refer you
• ask your GP or another health professional to refer you
• ask your school or college to refer you
• ask your social worker to refer you

Changing or cancelling your appointment

• Lewisham team phone: 020 3989 0550
• Lambeth and Southwark team phone: 020 3049 7518
• Email: [email protected]

Before your appointment

Our therapist or nurse will phone you and explain what will happen at your appointment.

If you have a hospital passport, please bring it to your first appointment.

During your appointment

Your appointment will be in your home or another place in the community. This could include your college or day centre.

Appointments can be:

• face-to-face
• by telephone
• by video call

If your appointment is a video call, we'll tell you how to join.

Appointments usually last between 30 and 60 minutes, but they can be longer.

After your appointment

We'll tell you what is going to happen after your appointment and if we'll need to see you again.

We'll write to your GP to tell them what we have agreed.

Please ask us any questions you have about your care.