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Training standards on use of restraint could become mandatory for NHS in England
The Restraint Reduction Network has been commissioned to create the evidence-based standards
Newsroom
Student’s RCN award for his work supporting people with learning disabilities
Andrew Turner saw service users’ anxiety about clinical procedures – and took action to...
Concerns for the future of learning disability nursing as mortality report reveals...
With the number of people with learning disabilities rising, cases of poor care and figures...
Gosport hospital deaths review found nurses’ warnings on opioids went unheeded
Review into hundreds of untimely deaths said night duty nurses were stifled when they spoke...
Nurses need compulsory learning disability training, says mother of tragic teenager
Nurses need mandatory learning disability training, says a woman whose teenage son died in
Expert panel to advise government on cannabis for medical use
Home secretary says government plans to reschedule banned drug if review identifies ‘...
Learning disability nursing degree course suspended due to lack of applicants
Slump in learning disability nursing applications blamed on loss of NHS bursary
Evidence and Practice
Keratoconus in young people with learning disabilities: an ‘invisible’ problem
Keratoconus is a potentially sight-threatening condition in which the cornea distorts and...
Urinary continence promotion and people with an intellectual disability
Continence is regarded as a basic need and many continence problems can be addressed and...
Evaluating a group for young people who have a sibling with a disability
Siblings of children who have a disability frequently take on care, responsibility and...
Prevalence and management of coeliac disease in people with Down’s syndrome
People with Down’s syndrome are more likely to have additional health complications than the...
Syndromes: Down’s syndrome
Second in a series about conditions with common symptoms that constitute syndromes
‘Just look at my face’: co-production of a positive behavioural support plan
Service-user involvement is important in learning disability services. Historically,...
Features
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...
EXCLUSIVE: Future strategies for behaviour that challenges
A one-day event, organised by the Prison Reform Trust, University of Leeds, NHS Improvement...
Opinion
Would you recommend your hospital to a friend?
The devil is in the detail – and especially relevant in patient feedback writes Wendy Johnson
Learning disability nursing under threat despite being needed more than ever
Being a learning disability nurse at the moment is a bit like being a crew member on the...
'Golden hello' solution to learning disability nursing crisis another example...
One-off payments of £10,000 are to be offered to attract postgraduate students into...
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
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...
‘Be brave, be fearless and always listen’
Helen Laverty is the leading light behind the Positive Choices conference