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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...
11 May 2018
Getting staffing right is the aim of new NHS Improvement guidance but will it work?
How far will a new resource, designed for NHS commissioners and providers, go in helping to...
28 Feb 2018
Charities to launch initiative ahead of World Neurofibromatosis Awareness Day
The Neuro Foundation and sister charities set to launch 'light up' campaigns to raise...
28 Feb 2018
Framework for change: supporting you to drive improvement
The Leading Change, Adding Value framework for nursing, midwifery and care staff is halfway...
15 Jan 2018
Observing nursing practice on placement in Romania
When nursing students Eve Buckley, Nicole Sparham and Shelby Small did their elective...
04 Jan 2018
Field of practice: the Positive Behaviour Support festival
A one-day festival explored the use of Positive Behaviour Support to ensure people with...
02 Nov 2017
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...
27 Oct 2017
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