Introducing the Health Passport for People with an Intellectual Disability
CREATE Project - St Michael's House 2022-23
What is the Health Passport for People with an Intellectual Disability ?
The Health Passport for People with an Intellectual Disability is funded by The Department of Health. It is available in 2 formats a paper version and an app version available to download from the Google Play Store or App Store.
The HSE Health Passport is designed specifically to support People with an Intellectual Disability to communicate and express their unique needs when in a health care setting.
It contains five sections, these are:
All about me
Communication
Medical History
Looking after me
Keeping me safe and happy
The HSE Health Passport helps healthcare staff to get to know all about the abilities and needs of people with an Intellectual Disability who come into contact with a Healthcare setting enabling them to provide better safer care by providing reasonable adjustments before undertaking any assessment, examination or treatment.
What information is collected within the Health Passport for People with an Intellectual Disability?
Below are photographs of the different pages which make up the passport. You can view them by clicking on the image.
Access a Copy of the Health Passport for People with an Intellectual Disability
Download a PDF Copy of the Passport as shown above
Download a PDF Copy of the Guidance Notes to help you complete your Health Passport
Download the Health Passport App - Search for HSE Health Passport on Google Play or on the App Store
look for this app icon
