Analysis
More investment and focus needed to ease pressures on learning disability nursing...
In January, the House of Commons' health committee published its inquiry into the NHS...
27 Feb 2018
Road block looms over bid to link pay to productivity
This latest article in our series on the 2018 pay negotiations looks at what is shaping up...
22 Feb 2018
Survey reveals end of life care compromised
Difficulties in delivering a dignified death intesify
21 Feb 2018
Shake-up of flawed pay bands system could make it quicker to get to the top
The third of our series of articles setting the scene for the 2018 negotiations on nurses’...
15 Feb 2018
Unions seize chance to modernise NHS pay structure with fairer grading
Nearly 15 years since the implementation of the Agenda for Change pay system, introduced to...
08 Feb 2018
Reinstate nurse training budgets and make realistic pay offer, MPs tell the government
Commons health committee's report on the nursing workforce issues sweeping recommendations,...
26 Jan 2018
Ending the double discrimination faced by LGBT people with learning disabilities
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues can often be overlooked in learning...
11 Jan 2018
Movement on nurse shortages and a pay battle not quite won: what’s in store for 2018
Nursing experts give their views on issues likely to shape the profession’s agenda in the...
06 Dec 2017
Community learning disabilities and autism team halves inpatient admissions
An overhaul of care for people in the West Midlands with learning disabilities and autism...
30 Aug 2017
How one study – IDS-TILDA – is leading the way in understanding the needs of an ageing...
As the numbers of ageing populations continue to rise, a new study, abbreviated to IDS-TILDA...
11 Jul 2017
Nurses buoyant despite staff cuts eroding job satisfaction
Learning disability nurses are struggling to do their jobs properly because of inadequate...
08 May 2017
Exclusive: Decline in degree places for learning disability nursing
Despite a call for more front-line staff after the Winterbourne View scandal and high demand...
11 Apr 2017
Exclusive: Nursing Standard-Sunday Mirror survey reveals realities of front-line nursing
Almost 60% of nurses feel stressed all or most of the time, according to an exclusive...
19 Mar 2017
How a child with learning disabilities can strain family relationships
A new report takes a closer look at how parents of children with a learning disability...
01 Mar 2017
Learning disability nurses worried about education review
After the Willis review, what are Health Education England's priorities?
23 Jun 2016