Analysis

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End of Life
Difficulties in delivering a dignified death intesify
21 Feb 2018
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The third of our series of articles setting the scene for the 2018 negotiations on nurses’ pay looks at anomalies in the Agenda for Change system

15 Feb 2018
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Nearly 15 years since the implementation of the Agenda for Change pay system, introduced to unify pay across the NHS, the government and nursin

08 Feb 2018
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Commons health committee's report on the nursing workforce issues sweeping recommendations, including monitoring of tuition fee changes and action o

26 Jan 2018
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues can often be overlooked in learning disability care, but some initiatives across England are seeking

11 Jan 2018
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Nursing experts give their views on issues likely to shape the profession’s agenda in the coming year

06 Dec 2017
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An overhaul of care for people in the West Midlands with learning disabilities and autism has more than halved inpatient admissions and cut hospital length of

30 Aug 2017
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As the numbers of ageing populations continue to rise, a new study, abbreviated to IDS-TILDA, looks at the way the needs of an older learning disability person can be

11 Jul 2017
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Survey

Learning disability nurses are struggling to do their jobs properly because of inadequate staffing, however the level of ‘overall engagement’ is rising, sugge

08 May 2017
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Professor Dame Jessica Corner talks to Nursing Standard
26 Apr 2017
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Despite a call for more front-line staff after the Winterbourne View scandal and high demand from employers, new figures show numbers are down

11 Apr 2017
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Almost 60% of nurses feel stressed all or most of the time, according to an exclusive Nursing Standard survey with the Sunday Mirror and the Sunday People.

19 Mar 2017

A new report takes a closer look at how parents of children with a learning disability experience relationships with others.

01 Mar 2017
College makes case to review body
28 Sep 2016
After the Willis review, what are Health Education England's priorities?
23 Jun 2016

A team of four consultant nurses who created the Health Equalities Framework (HEF) was named winner of the Learning Disability Nursing category at the RCNi Nurse Awards last month

25 May 2016

Colin Parish reports from this year’s Positive Choices learning disability nursing students’ conference.

26 Apr 2016

By the beginning of this month, the first nurses to use the new revalidation system will have completed their applications to maintain their registration.

29 Mar 2016

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