Editor's choice
How successful is NHS England’s Transforming Care programme?
An update on NHS England’s overhaul of care for people with learning disabilities
Newsroom
Study finds shortfall in reasonable adjustments across CCGs and NHS trusts in England
Research suggests people with learning disabilities remain invisible in some NHS services
Recruitment and retention: staff survey reveals insights into crisis facing services
Study shows co-production and delivering person-centred care are good for staff too
Making sense of health-related quality of life in people with Down’s syndrome
Survey of almost 200 families identifies major social factors affecting daily life
No sign of £10,000 ‘golden hello’ promised for some postgraduate nursing students
RCN calls delay a ‘serious missed opportunity’
New chief nurse will ‘bridge the gap’ between NHS England and NHS Improvement
Jane Cummings’ successor will be a joint appointment and lead a single team
‘Wales needs a national recruitment plan to support our new staffing law’
Nurse staffing lead wants to see an end to competition between employers
Evidence and Practice
Celebrating a classic text: The Cloak of Competence revisited
This article celebrates one of the most important books in the history of intellectual...
Investigating the impact of staff training in positive behavioural support on service...
Aim To investigate whether staff training in positive behavioural support (PBS) improves...
Experiences of using a health community team service for people with a learning...
Aim To investigate the views of people with a learning disability on their experiences of...
Low arousal approaches to manage behaviours of concern
Background Behaviours of concern restrict opportunities and choices for some people with...
Syndromes: Rett syndrome
A series about conditions with common symptoms that constitute syndromes
Improving the respiratory health of adults with learning disabilities
People with learning disabilities are more likely to die from respiratory tract disease and...
Features
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...
Person-centred care for clients at the end of life
A team of learning disability nurses has created an end of life care package for clients...
Opinion
Sell-out Learning Disability Practice conference in October will ensure a lively agenda
Lessons from the Learning Disabilities Mortality Review, recruitment and reasonable...
Book review: Little Meerkat’s Big Panic – A story about learning new ways to feel calm
Registered nurse Gosia Brykczyńska reviews Little Meerkat’s Big Panic – A story about...
Book review: The Brain: What it Does, How it Works & How it Affects Behaviour
Senior lecturer Bernadette Waldron reviews The Brain: What it Does, How it Works & How...
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...