Autism Liaison Service
If you are autistic or identify as neurodivergent, our autism liaison practitioners can support you with accessing the healthcare you need.
This service covers Bridlington, Scarborough, York, and Selby.
How the team can help
Our autism liaison practitioners will find out any reasonable adjustments for your stay, and can make plans and get information from the hospital staff. Please note - reasonable adjustments can be requested but are not always guaranteed.
The team gives advice and training to hospital staff so that they can give better care to our patients in the future. They also attend health group meetings to get views from people who are autistic about providing better care.
Hospital passports
Hospital passports are a good way of sharing information with hospital staff about your support needs and how you communicate.
Our autism liaison practitioners are happy to help you make a passport, which they can then share with staff in the hospital before you come in for an appointment.
They can also create an alert which tells hospital staff you are autistic or neurodiverse and have a passport.
How to access the service
If you're coming to one of our hospitals, please contact Alex Manson or David Burton, our Autism Liaison Practitioners.
You can get in touch directly or ask a care partner or family member to do this. Your community nurse or a person that supports you can also contact us if you are unable to. This can be via email, phone, or text, using the following details:
Call or text: Alex - 07823 547880, David - 07823 548343
Email: yhs-tr.AutismLiaisonService@nhs.net.
Opening hours
The service is available from Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm.
- Alex works Monday to Friday and is based at York Hospital
- David works Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, and is based at Scarborough Hospital
