Clinical
Our clinical nursing articles aim to inform and educate nurse practitioners and students. This is achieved through the publication of peer-reviewed, evidence-based, relevant and topical articles.
beyond rhetoric: access to mainstream health services in Ireland
It has been argued that Ireland is atypical among its European neighbours in...
Developing a multi-agency core training programme for staff working in learning...
It has long been recognised that good quality services for people with a learning...
making a difference
In June 2000 I wrote an article for this journal titled ‘Pioneering spirit’ (LDP...
The care programme approach and people with learning disabilities
The CPA policy can be the traced back to the proposals to close the network of long...
Sign of the times
Historically people with learning disabilities have been unable to lead the...
Eastern promise
The Geneva initiative on Psychiatry (GIP) is an international organisation...
improve and care
Issues relating to the sexuality of people with learning disabilities are receiving...
Lifespan or separate: which service is best?
There are about 210,000 people with severe learning disabilities in England, while...
the Shaw Healthcare project
The adoption of clinical governance in the health service is a vital strand in...
Stranded in the past
Russian children with learning disabilities who are unlucky enough to be put in one...
the power of vulnerability
VULNERABILITY is not a condition we enjoy. It seems natural for us as individuals...
Learning to listen
In the past the views of people with learning disabilities were often ignored. But...
A meeting of minds
By virtue of their disability, people with learning disabilities are vulnerable to...
Leisure is a health need
If asked to think about the benefits of leisure, many people would link it to...
A rose by any other name
My first involvement with people with learning disabilities came during the 1970s,...
Checking violent behaviour
In a review of literature concerning the use of physical interventions in learning...
Tell it like it is
Life story books originated in social services settings for use with children who...
Care mapping will improve standards
Care mapping could high-light areas of staff weak-ness and help improve standards...