Restoration of routine neuropsychological testing during the Covid-19 pandemic in a community health service for people who have intellectual disabilities: Changes to administration and service user views

Abstract

• Covid-19 has made health services change how they do things. Covid-19 has changed how we test people for learning disabilities. Now we do the test dressed in PPE and use social distancing.• We asked people doing a test what they thought of these changes. We found that most people were a bit scared of coming to the appointment. Most people liked the PPE and said that they felt safe. Most people said the PPE did not affect their performance. Some people said that they found the PPE a bit scary. Some people said they are used to people wearing PPE.• We also looked at how many people were referred for a learning disability test during Covid19. We found that fewer people were referred for a learning disability test during lockdowns.• These findings can help other learning disability services make changes for Covid-19