You’re disabled under the Equality Act 2010 if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a ‘substantial’ and ‘long-term’ negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities
NHS Health Passport
This health passport allows individuals to record details about their disability, health condition or learning disability.
This editable health passport has been designed for individuals working in the NHS with a disability, long term health condition, mental health issue or learning disability/difficulty.
It allows individuals to easily record information about their condition, any reasonable adjustments they may have in place and any difficulties they face.
The passport helps to ensure there is a clear record and can be used with new line managers to explain what is needed in the workplace to help them carry out their role.
The health passport pdf is editable, you can type straight into the boxes and then save it to your internal system. Download a copy of the health passport in plain text.
Impairment types
- Vision – for example blindness or partial sight
- Hearing – for example deafness or partial hearing
- Mobility – for example walking short distances or climbing stairs
- Dexterity – for example lifting and carrying objects, using a keyboard
- Learning or understanding or concentrating
- Memory
- Mental health
- Stamina or breathing or fatigue
- Social and/or communication differences (for example, associated with Autism and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder – ADHD)
Reasonable Adjustments
The Equality Act (2010) states all organisations including health and social care, such as hospitals and GP surgeries must take steps to remove the barriers individuals face because of disability.
The NHS must make it as easy for disabled people to use health services as it is for people who are not disabled.
Disability is one of the nine protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010. The Act says that a person has a disability if they have a “physical or mental impairment”, and the impairment has a “substantial and long-term adverse effect on [their] ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.”
People who need reasonable adjustments and how you might be able to help them
If you support someone with a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on their ability to do normal daily activities, please make sure they have good access to healthcare.
You can do this by making changes, often quite small, to the way that you care for people. These changes are called reasonable adjustments.
Reasonable adjustments can be things like:
- making sure there is good access for people who use a wheelchair in GP surgeries and hospitals
- providing plain English or easy read appointment letters
- giving someone a priority appointment if they find it difficult waiting in their GP surgery or hospital
- offering a longer appointment if someone needs more time with a doctor or nurse to make sure they understand the information they are given
- having a quiet space available for people waiting for their appointment
- making sure there is a hearing loop system in consultation rooms
- making sure you fill in information about the appointment If a person has a hospital or health and care passport
- ensure there is access to a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter to support at appointments or an internet video-link that could be used with BSL interpretation remotely
- using a communication chart to support a person with dementia during an appointment
Reasonable adjustments are a legal requirement to make sure health services are accessible to all disabled people. Please watch the film below to find out how a simple reasonable adjustment can make a big difference to a person’s experience of quality and access to care.
Learn more about Reasonable Adjustments here
NHS App – learn more here
Use the NHS App to manage your healthcare using a phone, tablet or computer
Log in to view your health information and manage your healthcare online.
You can:
- request repeat prescriptions
- check your test results
- read messages from the NHS
- book and manage appointments
You do not need to download anything.
Who can use NHS App services
You must be:
- aged 13 or over
- registered with a GP surgery in England
Before you start
You will need an NHS login. You can create one if you do not already have one.
You need to prove who you are to use most NHS App services.
My GM Care
Bringing together health and care information across Greater Manchester
The Greater Manchester Care Record (GM Care Record) is a vital digital resource for the city region’s 2.8m citizens, that is used to help improve health and care services and save lives.
It brings together your information from NHS and care services across all 10 Greater Manchester boroughs into one joined up record, so that your information can be accessed by frontline health and care workers, wherever you receive your care.
Health and care information that saves lives
Giving health and care workers access to your patient information within the GM Care Record ensures you will receive the care and treatment you need, at the right time, in the right way.
The GM Care Record joins together our regions’ different NHS and care organisations to help hospitals and other care services access your individual health and care records quickly and securely.
Easy access to your information is essential to providing the most informed front-line care and treatment for you.
Learn more here – GM We are Better Together
Download your own personal GM Care Record and start recording what matters to you
Now Greater Manchester is slowly opening up parts of this record so that you can also see the information on your smartphone device (apple or android) in the comfort of your own home. It also allows you to record information about yourself too that could be vital in an emergency or for your ongoing care needs that all can see if the need arises. Be one of the first patients who can see this information. See further below to find out more.
“MyGM Care could be the next game changer for the residents of Greater Manchester allowing citizens to take further control of their healthcare by allowing them to monitor their health and wellbeing, being better prepared for any future event as well as in an emergency, helping to plan future care and providing vital data for research purposes alongside the NHS app or equivalent GP app”Dr Amir Hannan
Watch this video by Dr Amir Hannan explaining what the app can do for you.
Click here to learn more about setting Goals for yourself, setting up an Advanced Directive including , doing a Will, setting up a Power of Attorney and information about being a carer or if you are cared for by others.
You can download it for FREE from the play store here (for android devices) and from the app store for apple devices.
Please note: you can still use your NHS app, Patient Access or Evergreen Life PHR app to access your GP medical records. This enhances what you can already see and provides new opportunities for you to help the NHS and social care further.
For the very best experience, we recommend you use both your GP app (NHS App, Evergreen life or Patient access) as well as the MyGM Care app
