risk assessment and management of suicide and self-harm within a forensic learning...
Risk assessment and risk management have been on the government’s agenda since the...
01 Mar 2004
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.
person centred planning & professional workshops
The following is an overview of a process that has been started by the Valuing...
01 Feb 2004
beyond rhetoric: access to mainstream health services in Ireland
It has been argued that Ireland is atypical among its European neighbours in...
01 Feb 2004
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...
01 Feb 2004
making a difference
In June 2000 I wrote an article for this journal titled ‘Pioneering spirit’ (LDP...
01 Feb 2004
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...
01 Feb 2004
Sign of the times
Historically people with learning disabilities have been unable to lead the...
01 Feb 2004
Eastern promise
The Geneva initiative on Psychiatry (GIP) is an international organisation...
01 Feb 2004
improve and care
Issues relating to the sexuality of people with learning disabilities are receiving...
01 Dec 2003
Lifespan or separate: which service is best?
There are about 210,000 people with severe learning disabilities in England, while...
01 Dec 2003
the Shaw Healthcare project
The adoption of clinical governance in the health service is a vital strand in...
01 Dec 2003
Stranded in the past
Russian children with learning disabilities who are unlucky enough to be put in one...
01 Dec 2003
the power of vulnerability
VULNERABILITY is not a condition we enjoy. It seems natural for us as individuals...
01 Dec 2003
Learning to listen
In the past the views of people with learning disabilities were often ignored. But...
01 Dec 2003
A meeting of minds
By virtue of their disability, people with learning disabilities are vulnerable to...
01 Nov 2003
Leisure is a health need
If asked to think about the benefits of leisure, many people would link it to...
01 Nov 2003
A rose by any other name
My first involvement with people with learning disabilities came during the 1970s,...
01 Nov 2003
Checking violent behaviour
In a review of literature concerning the use of physical interventions in learning...
01 Nov 2003