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Time to shake off the myth that talking therapies don’t work

People with learning disabilities can benefit from cognitive behavioural therapy to treat

18 May 2022
Have your say on the new Liberty Protection Safeguards Code of Practice

The scope of the protection safeguards is widening and nurses supporting people with learn

12 May 2022
How a non-verbal service user taught me to communicate

Learning disability nurse Gerard Wainwright recalls how socially accomplished service user

12 May 2022
Racist abuse in the NHS: ignoring patients’ prejudice doesn’t make it go away

When black or minority ethnic nurses are insulted and degraded by patients, managers prefe

10 May 2022
Safe staffing is not a local issue – but England seems to have missed the memo

Legislated nurse-to-patient ratios are gaining support globally and evidence of their impa

05 May 2022
Learning disability and autism training: why my son’s death will not be in vain

Paula McGowan explains how her son’s death exposed gaps in clinicians’ knowledge – and how

11 Apr 2022
Coping after baby loss: why I set up a ‘safe space’ peer support group

Advice on setting up a peer support group with colleagues in your workplace, from a nurse

31 Mar 2022
Why compulsory training in learning disabilities and autism is long overdue

The passing of an amendment to the Health and Care Bill in England means that training for

25 Mar 2022
Agency nurses and tax avoidance: if a scheme looks too good to be true, it probably is

Advice for agency nurses on schemes marketed to them that purport to minimise their income

02 Mar 2022
Dementia care in non-specialist settings: what would you ask an expert?

What have you always wanted to know about dementia care, but couldn’t find in a textbook?

22 Feb 2022
Reasonable adjustments: can we do more for potential employees with autism?

Nurses could be seen as a resource to fill the gap for direct workplace support for people

28 Jan 2022
Will the increase in students boost learning disability nursing?

Applications for nursing degree courses have risen, thanks in large part to the pandemic

20 Jan 2022

Problem-solving and transformation in healthcare, the support networks that can help you fo

15 Dec 2021

With an increasing population in need of care of support, there are many career opportuniti

11 Nov 2021

Even before the pandemic, provision was inadequate.

10 Nov 2021

If outstanding care and delivery of services for people with learning disabilities and/or a

05 Nov 2021

Learning disability nursing should work in partnership with health inequalities' campaigner

29 Oct 2021

Register to hear leading figures on the future of the profession and the sector at our webi

21 Sep 2021

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