The Alder Hey Acute Liaison team promotes best practice for children and young people with a Learning Disability (LD) and/or Autistic Spectrum Condition (ASC) in meeting health care needs across the acute trust.


How can the Acute Learning Disability and Autistic Spectrum Condition Liaison Team support children, young people, families, carers and staff?
The team are able to support best practice through:
- Consultation- advice on how to make care accessible for patients
- Identification of patients with a learning disability and/ or ASC
- Application of a special indicator –highlighting to staff the child’s diagnosis and any additional
- The provision of reasonable adjustments
- Individualised communication tools i.e. social stories/visual aids/ now and next boards etc.
- Bespoke care pathways in discussion with clinical areas
- Liaison between home/ school and hospital
- Training for staff, students, and volunteers
- Access to appropriate documentation of care eg. Learning disability specific risk assessment, reasonable adjustments, health passports, communication profiles, social stories
Meet the team
Joann Kiernan – Consultant Learning Disability Nurse

Likes: Cake, exercise and reading
Dislikes: shouting, busy places and rudeness.
Laura Weatherall – Acute Liaison Learning Disability Nurse and Team Lead

Likes: People who are kind, sweets and baking!
Dislikes: People who are loud and exercise!
Mihaela (Miha) Avram – Acute Liaison Learning Disability Nurse

Likes: Cycling, Dancing, Healthy eating, Foraging
Dislikes: Waste, people who are unkind and inpatient.
Jan Bradbury – Acute Liaison Play Specialist

Sarah Melling – Administrator

Contact us
[email protected] Mobile: 07976797068
[email protected] Mobile: 07790976814
[email protected] Mobile: 07796611690
[email protected] Mobile: 07816115639
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @LDASCAlderHey
Our team currently works Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm.
Our team currently works Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm.