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Is the title learning disability nurse still fit for purpose?
Jonathan Beebee asks if the profession needs a new title to reflect changes in practice
Hospital car parking: who exactly is making a profit from all those charges and fines?
Using staff as cash cows if they drive to work shows how far goodwill has fallen in the NHS
Why we need to think about assisted dying and people with learning disabilities
In future people with learning disabilities could be granted euthanasia requests too easily
Cruel curbs on migrant care workers’ lives are at odds with British values
Rules to stop overseas staff bringing family are also risky for the care sector and NHS
Do autism health passports actually help nurses and patients in practice?
Two autistic researchers look at the pros and cons of health passports
How my disability made me a better, braver nurse
As nurses we can use our own experiences as patients to enhance person-centred care
Patient’s clinical negligence complaint left me broken and isolated by misplaced shame
Accusation blighted my life – but here’s how I survived, and you could too
What would you put in an election manifesto for future learning disability nursing?
New reports on learning disability care are hard-hitting but do offer support for nurses
Bullying in the NHS: more than just a few bad apples
System-wide change is needed so nurses can be confident reports will be dealt with
How to talk to people with learning disabilities about death
Avoiding the subject can rob people of a chance to grieve or prepare for death
Tourette’s syndrome: how diagnosis has affected my career, and the support staff need
What happened when nurse Jonathan Bader began experiencing tics in his thirties
We made the case to expand our nursing team and you could too
How two specialist nurses used workforce standards as a catalyst for service improvement