Services

Specialist healthcare services for people with learning disabilities who live in Forth Valley are provided by the Community Learning Disability Team (CLDTs) and the 26-bed in-patient unit at Loch View. The CLDTs are based in a variety of community locations throughout Forth Valley, and Loch View is situated just off Stirling Road in Larbert.

The CLDTs are multi-professionals that provide specialist assessment and intervention at home for people with learning disabilities who have complex health and social care needs including for example, epilepsy, autism, mental health, communication difficulties and/or challenging behaviour. CLDT members also offer support, advice and education to carers to assist them in meeting the health and social care needs of people with learning disabilities. The CLDTs provide links with generic and other specialist health and social care services to ensure equity of access for people with learning disabilities.

Loch View provides care for people with learning disabilities who require specialist or complex health assessment and treatment which cannot, at that time, be met in the community either by generic health services or the CLDTs. Within Loch View, a multi-agency, therapeutic model of care is delivered which promotes rehabilitation and social inclusion. Staff from Loch View work closely with CLDT members.

Referrals to Loch View

via Consultant Psychiatrist,c/o Bungalow 8, Stirling Road, Larbert FK5 4SD.
 01324 574380

Integrated Teams - Falkirk, Clackmannanshire and Stirling

The Integrated Teams provide an effective, comprehensive, integrated quality person-centred service to people with a learning disability who have complex care needs. The Teams provide advice and support to relatives, carers and other professional services to enhance support networks for service users, to ensure a quality of life reflective of their own aspirations.

The teams have representation from the following disciplines:- Community Learning Disability Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Dietetics, Social Work, Art Therapy, Music Therapy, Speech and Language Therapy, Administration.

The disciplines of Psychiatry, Psychology, G.P. Specialist Liaison for Learning Disability and Additional Support team function as part of the team but are not operationally managed within the team at this time.

Falkirk Learning Disability Team

The Falkirk Learning Disability Team provides an integrated health and social service to people with complex needs living in the Falkirk area.

Referral Process

The team operates an open referral system accepting referrals for service users from the Falkirk area who have a learning disability and complex care needs. The service will work with people who are over the age of 16 years. In the case of transition from childcare services to adult services contact may commence before the age of 16, if appropriate, to ease the process of transition. However transition cases remain the responsibility of childcare services whilst under the age of 16.

Referral forms can be obtained from and when completed returned to:

Administrator
Falkirk Learning Disability Team
Ward 5, Falkirk Community Hospital
Major's Loan
Falkirk
 01324 614677

Clackmannanshire Teams

Community Learning Disability Team - 01259 216118
Clackmannanshire Community Care Assessment and Care Management Team - 01259 727001 

All teams are based at the  Clackmannanshire Community Healthcare Centre, Hall Park Road, SAUCHIE  FK10 3JQ

The Clackmannanshire Teams do not have a single manager but co-location and close partnership working ensures faster access to and service delivery for clients

Referral Process

An open referral system operates to accommodate referrals from any source by phone, word of mouth, letter to the CLDT or the Community Care Team.  The CLDT accepts referrals for clients with complex needs who are 16 years or above.  Referral forms can be obtained from and returned to:

Administrator
Clinical Services Building
Ward 5
Falkirk Community Hospital
Major's Loan
Falkirk
01324 614677.

Referrals to Community Care and Assessment and Care Management Team via 01259 216118

Stirling Learning Disability Team (SLDT)

The SLDT provides an integrated health and social service to people with complex needs living in the Stirling area.

Local leadership is provided by a single operational Manager, who works in partnership with the Lead Nurse for Learning Disabilities and the Professional Heads of Service for the Allied Health Professionals from NHS Forth Valley. Stirling Council is the lead agency and host the team under its Community Services Care Management structure.

Referral Process

The team will accept referrals for clients with complex needs who are over the age of 16.
Referral forms should be completed and sent to:

Community Services
Stirling Council
Drummond House
Wellgreen Place
Stirling
 01786 471177

Learning Disabilities Service - Contacts

Service Manager L.D. & Older Peoples Service
James Cassidy 01324614657

Administrator Learning Disability Service
Mrs. Irene Bissett 01324 614658

Consultants
Dr. Chamdima Perera, Consultant Psychiatrist - 01324 574380
Dr Gianesan Rajagopal, Locum Consultant Psychiatrist - 01324 574380 
Dr. Tanya Thiagarajah, Consultant Psychiatrist - 01324 574380

Lead Nurse - Learning Disabilities
Ms Allison Ramsay - 01324 614650

Senior Nurse, Loch View
Caroline Gill - 01324 574340

Department Heads
Morag Mackellar - Dietetics - 01786 431100 
Sheila Wason - Physiotherapy - 01321 404071
Anne Fleming - Occupational Therapy - 01786 431212
Keith Bowden - Consultant Clinical Psychologist - 01324 614349
Lois Cameron - Speech & Language Therapy - 01786 431177
Tony Chenery - Art & Music Therapy - 01259 727366

Integrated Team Manager, Falkirk
Contact CLDS Administrator - Laura Anderson - 01324 614677
email: lauraanderson1@nhs.net

Integrated Team Manager, Stirling
Contact Secretary - Marie Cullen, Stirling Council - 01786 443722
email:cullenm@stirling.gov.uk

Secretary/Receptionist Learning Disability Services
Mrs Cathy Cummings
email: cathy.cummings@nhs.net
 01324 574345
 01324 574347

P.A. General Manager, Forth Valley Facilities & Secretarial Support to L.D. Services
Mrs Irene McMurdo P.A.
email: irene.mcmurdo@nhs.net
 01324 616345