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Changing role for Ireland’s intellectual disability nurses
New report highlights importance of leadership in implementing change and improving outcomes
Newsroom
Health inequalities: people who have learning disabilities are the most vulnerable
An NHS England-commissioned report urges a fair society to improve service users’ lives
Government plans to close all learning disability institutions in England causes dismay
RCN learning disability forum chair says proposals are ‘far too simplistic’
Review finds unique relational skills are at the core of learning disability nursing
Australian researchers advocate person-centred care between nurses and service users
Inclusive mainstream approaches to weight management benefits some service users
Small-scale study focuses on community-based healthy eating groups
GPs unsure about some aspects of antipsychotropic medicines management
Study suggests general practitioners liaise with learning disability nurses when prescribing
RCN demands findings of safeguarding review at learning disabilities hospital
College has made ‘numerous requests’ for details about Muckamore Abbey Hospital
Evidence and Practice
Helping young people who have learning disabilities and their families to plan end of...
Young people who have learning disabilities commonly have many complex and severe life-...
Use of colour-coded wristbands to improve care for people with learning disabilities in...
People with a learning disability often experience health inequalities. Inquiries and...
An evaluation of the Health Equality Framework in south east Scotland
The Health Equality Framework (HEF) is an outcome measurement tool to record any work that...
Development of a multidisciplinary care pathway for people with profound and multiple...
The adult community learning disability team in Cornwall made a commitment to provide a...
Syndromes: Prader-Willi syndrome
A series about conditions with common symptoms that constitute syndromes A series about...
Educational systems for inclusive education in Norway, Romania, Scotland and Sweden
A lifelong learning Erasmus intensive programme promoting inclusion of persons with...
Features
‘Ask Listen Do’ project aims to make things better for people with learning disabiities
How a collaborative enterprise was set up for carers to raise concerns about support services
A digitally inclusive era
The Tech4Good awards celebrate apps designed for people with learning disabilities
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...
Charities to launch initiative ahead of World Neurofibromatosis Awareness Day
The Neuro Foundation and sister charities set to launch 'light up' campaigns to raise...
Observing nursing practice on placement in Romania
When nursing students Eve Buckley, Nicole Sparham and Shelby Small did their elective...
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...
Opinion
General hospitals need to be more welcoming for people who have learning disabilities
The notion that hospitals are unfavourable for service users was echoed by many nurses...
Passing the baton to the next generation of learning disability nurses
Thirty six years on and with change round every corner, what can the new cohort of nurses...
Transference: safeguarding service users who are vulnerable to exploitation
People with learning disabilities can be particularly susceptible to this type of encounter
Students
What to do when words fail
Communication problems are not uncommon when people with complex needs are admitted to...
Using positive reinforcement to manage violence and aggression
Reminding a service user with learning disabilities how much her behaviour had improved...
A fresh take on medicines management for patients with a learning disability
Mental health nursing student Kirsty Killiard implemented a system for monitoring the use of...
Careers
‘Taking on a lone position has been a challenge. I love it’
Award-winning Penelope Clark moved her family 800 miles to take up a post as the only...
It’s a real privilege to support a family at the end of their child’s life
Sabine Schwaebisch on her role as as a band 6 care team nurse in palliative care at Helen...
Tapping into the wisdom of learning disabilities nurses
The RCN wants all acute hospitals to have 24-hour access to a learning disabilities liaison...