Learning Disability Practice
‘Ask Listen Do’ project aims to make things better for people with learning disabiities and autism
How a collaborative enterprise was set up for carers to raise concerns about support services
23 Oct 2018
Janet Snell
Nursing Standard
Banishing risk and shame: teaching patients to self-manage catheters
A project led by adult continence nurses is helping patients to manage their catheters
03 Oct 2018
Learning Disability Practice
A digitally inclusive era
The Tech4Good awards celebrate apps designed for people with learning disabilities
04 Sep 2018
Nursing Management
Can they crack it? The future of health services in Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland after Brexit
With less than ayear to go before Brexit, concern over the future of cross-border collaboration after 29 March 2019 is growing
04 Jun 2018
Nursing Standard
What role for retired nurses in the RCN?
An RCN league of retired nurses could ensure their knowledge is not lost
17 May 2018
Nursing Standard
Flu pandemic is number one threat to UK, congress told
Public health expert urges staff to have the flu vaccine
16 May 2018
Nursing Standard
Smaller nursing homes struggling to survive
Smaller nursing are struggling to continue because they can’t recruit staff, a fringe...
16 May 2018
Nursing Standard
Don’t forget about us – independent sector nurses issue plea to RCN
Nurses in care homes and other sectors outside the NHS feel neglected by RCN
16 May 2018
Nursing Standard
Why diagnostic overshadowing could be costing lives
Making assumptions about people with learning disabilities harms outcomes, congress told
16 May 2018
Nursing Standard
Prison nurses report cases of daily abuse and intimidation
RCN pledges support after hearing of burnt-out prison nurses' daily encounters with serious mental health issues, drug use, intimidation and abuse
15 May 2018
Nursing Standard
Public health nursing cuts ‘will be felt for generations’
Congress backs call to lobby government to reverse ‘short-sighted’ funding cuts in England
15 May 2018
Nursing Standard
Relax limit on child refugees allowed into UK, RCN congress tells government
Child refugees deserve safe haven in the UK, congress speakers say
14 May 2018
Learning Disability Practice
Biometrics and autism: wristband technology could transform service-users’ lives
Leading charity Autism Together has set up the UK’s first trial of wristbands measuring physiological changes to predict the onset of a ‘meltdown’ in someone with autism – and enable staff to take action to prevent it
11 May 2018
Learning Disability Practice
Ending the double discrimination faced by LGBT people with learning disabilities
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues can often be overlooked in learning disability care, but some initiatives across England are seeking to change that and provide a space for LGBT people to chat freely and be themselves.
11 Jan 2018
Learning Disability Practice
Preparing for a new model of care in the community
Calderstones Hospital turned things round after a damning report in 2013 but now it is scheduled to close. So what does the future hold for the staff and service users there?
27 Oct 2017
Nursing Standard
Ministers have the power to avert nursing’s perfect storm – and strike action
Poor pay is forcing nurses to quit and putting people off choosing nursing as a profession. No one wants a strike, but nurses may feel it’s their only option if the government continues to ignore the obvious, writes managing editor Janet Snell
01 Aug 2017
Nursing Standard
Holistic care is the gold standard, nurses told
RCN congress reach consensus on how holistic care is best achieved
22 Jun 2016
Nursing Standard
This is our chance to say ‘enough is enough’
Nursing is facing a twin threat: the introduction of the nursing associate role and the scrapping of the student bursary.
13 Apr 2016