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Urgent action needed to ensure learning disability nursing is not wiped out
What can be done to ensure learning disability nursing retains high-quality staff?
17 May 2018
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Specialist training is essential to meet the needs of people with learning disabilities
Mencap’s Treat Me Well campaign aimed at healthcare professionals follows NHS failings more...
07 Mar 2018
The crisis facing learning disability nursing, is, sadly, all too real
Making a pitch for learning disability nursing
16 Jan 2018
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A chance for ‘ordinary’ nurses to share, inspire and win recognition for their...
Nominate yourself or a colleague for this year’s RCNi Nurse Awards and help celebrate...
04 Dec 2017
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Living life to the full and be supported to have a comfortable death
Supporting clients to live a life as full as it can possibly be, but also to have a good...
20 Sep 2017
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Celebrating the work of learning disability nurses
At a time where morale in learning disability nursing seems low, light can be found through...
09 May 2017
Survey reiterates the morale mantra, but Hunt still not listening
A new survey by Nursing Standard and the Sunday Mirror newspaper reinforces the obvious...
20 Mar 2017
Channel 4 has exposed the frustrating inadequacies of institutional care
Dispatches investigation found that inpatients with learning disabilities at St Andrew's...
09 Mar 2017
RCN sets the bar high for advanced nursing status
It’s good to see the college taking the lead on defining advanced practice, and it seems...
06 Feb 2017
Nurses will benefit from NMC’s new approach to hearings
Overhauling procedure for fitness to practise cases will save money, says Graham Scott.
31 Oct 2016
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Let’s redress the balance with Nurse Awards
The annual RCNi Nurse Awards exist so that healthcare staff receive the recognition they...
10 Oct 2016
Editorial: Unions' exasperation over pay is justified
Money released by chancellor must go to those keeping teh NHS running, says Graham Scott
03 Oct 2016
Reducing the amount of antipsychotic drugs prescribed to people with learning...
25 Sep 2016
New funding is welcome, but is it enough?
As the nursing workforce dwindles, the needs of people with learning disabilities may not be...
18 Aug 2016
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Editorial: changing our look to meet your needs
Colin Parish on a fresh redesign for Learning Disability Practice
28 Jun 2016
Making a huge difference
It was great to see the nurses behind the Health Equalities Framework (HEF) receive the RCNi...
25 May 2016
Nurses grieve too
Nursing is a job in which the relationship between professional and client transcends normal...
29 Mar 2016
From cradle to grave
Learning disability nurses are different from their colleagues in other disciplines. Adult...
29 Feb 2016
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