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Palliative care of people with learning disabilities must be improved, says senior nurse

Jennifer Sprinks - @RCNi_Sprinks
Posted 15 January 2016 - 09:07

Great Ormond Street Hospital's Jim Blair says too often staff fail to observe end of life needs 

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