Adult health services
Adults' Community Teams for People with Learning Disabilities (CTPLD) - NHFT
NHFT hosts 2 teams that care for people with learning disabilities aged 14 and over.
The CTPLD provides specialist healthcare. Their patients have a learning disability (IQs below 70) and health needs that requires input.
The team supports people to lead happier, healthier, and more fulfilling lives. It's made up of skilled multi-disciplinary practitioners, clinicians and nurses.
- The Intensive Support Team (IST)
IST assesses and treats people with learning disabilities experiencing mental ill health or behaviour that challenges. The team is a mix of nurses, a psychologist, occupational therapists, and speech and language therapists. They are supported by a duty clinician who responds to urgent and deteriorating needs.
NHFT's CTPLD also has a respite ward for short stays.
NHS 111
111 is the NHS non-emergency number. It is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Calls are free from landlines and mobile phones.
Call 111 if:
- it's not an emergency
- you don't know who to call, or you don't have a GP to call
- you need health information or reassurance about what to do next
Other useful healthcare information
- Healthwatch Northamptonshire (HWN) is an independent consumer champion for health and social care. They provide information and advice about health and social care services.
Healthwatch helps people to have a say in the quality of local health services. It reports findings to health and social care decision-makers to improve the quality of local healthcare.
- Northamptonshire Transforming Care Partnership (TCP) and Care & Treatment Reviews (CTRs) is part of a national plan to improve local health and care services for people with a learning disability, a mental health condition, and/or autism (who display behaviour that challenges).
TCPs aim to ensure people can be supported in their community instead of going to a hospital. People should not be forced to use inpatient services because community services are lacking.
- The Easy Health website has gathered a collection of easy-read leaflets and videos on various health and social care issues.
Easy Health's materials are designed for people with learning disabilities. They explain important things that might have a big impact on people's lives.
- “What? Why? Children In Hospital” (WWCIH) aims to prepare children and their families for a positive hospital experience. The website has leaflets, videos, and colouring pages.
- Rare Disease UK (RDUK) is a national campaign for people with rare diseases and all who support them. It provides a united voice for the rare disease community by capturing the experiences of patients and families.
- Syndromes Without a Name (SWAN) is a support network for families of children and young people with undiagnosed genetic conditions. It is part of the charity Genetic Alliance UK.
- ERIC - The Children's Bowel and Bladder Charity is dedicated to the bowel and bladder health of children and young people. It aims to reduce the impact of continence problems on children and their families.
- NHS Choices - in many cases you have the legal right to choose where you have your NHS treatment. The NHS is offering more and more options to enable you to make choices that best suit your circumstances, giving you greater control of your care.
Last updated 15 October 2026