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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...
25 Aug 2017
EXCLUSIVE: Future strategies for behaviour that challenges
A one-day event, organised by the Prison Reform Trust, University of Leeds, NHS Improvement...
27 Jun 2017
Nurses need to know appropriate clinical range when taking observations
When taking observations from patients with learning disabilities remember that...
02 Jun 2017
How 'seeing the person not the disability' can make a difference for all...
Melanie Davies has been busy – after changing the game in learning disability practice at...
05 May 2017
Video highlights from Positive Choices 2017
Watch our interviews with nursing delegates at the learning disability conference
10 Apr 2017
'We need all of you and more of you' - CNO tells LD conference
Combating student attrition and encouraging more people into learning disability nurses were...
10 Apr 2017
Customised IT makes truly person-centred service
How one company’s innovative computer technology is providing highly individualised bespoke...
05 Jan 2017
Every picture tells a story
Well-designed picture books can help nurses to approach difficult subjects with vulnerable...
28 Dec 2016
Learning from experience: what happened when one university employed a lecturer with...
Three years ago the University of Hertfordshire employed Scott Watkin, a man with learning...
07 Oct 2016
What people say to parents of a child with Down’s syndrome
For parents, the birth of child is always a special occasion. But for parents of babies with...
12 Sep 2016
Changing lives through happiness
How prioritising the person and what makes them happy has transformed the lives of eight...
26 Aug 2016
LD nurse Jonathan Beebee talks about his journey to positive behaviour support
After surviving a violent attack, Jonathan Beebe aims to help people with learning...
23 Jun 2016
RCNi award winners improve learning disability care
Six nursing students have been rewarded for their efforts to improve learning disability care
13 Jun 2016
People with autism being denied community-based care
People with learning disabilities and autism spending too long in assessment and treatment...
01 Jun 2016
In the front line of risk from violence
Violence perpetrated by patients against nurses can have devastating effects, and leads to...
12 Aug 2015