Free Care Bags for Ealing Hospital Patients with Special Needs
Measure funded by the Trust's charity
Ealing Hospital staff with the new free care bags
June 30, 2025
A free care bag is now available for patients with learning disabilities and autism to make them feel more comfortable in Ealing Hospital.
LNWH Charity, which is the charitable arm of the hospital trust, has funded 500 bags which will be available to staff via designed learning disability and autism champions.
The sensory bag includes earphones, an eye mask, fidget board, colouring book and crayons, a stress ball and sensory bracelet and includes a tag that doubles as a referral to the acute liaison team.
Hellen Odiembo, Lead Nurse Specialist Learning Disability & Autism (LD&A), said, “The bags provide a welcome distraction and enable reasonable adjustment to Autistic or LD patients who may find waiting longer time or over stimulated environment challenging”
“I am one of only two learning disability nurses in the trust so this is a simple but effective tool nurses and LD/Autism Champions can give the patient to calm them and make hospital.
“The bag isn’t going to work for everyone but is useful for nurses with little or no experience of interacting with patients.”
The three person team receive up to 35 referrals a day which involves travelling between three sites to support patients and staff as well as providing training and attending multi-disciplinary team meetings
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