Two Teesside nurses have received national awards for their work at a ceremony in London. Sue Sargeant and Claire Donnelly were named Learning Disability Nurses of the Year at the British Journal of ...
My toes began scudding under my right foot, not clearing the ground as I walked. I started tripping. I had to forego a lifelong love of running, my right leg pulling strangely toward the ground. Soon, ...
Joint working between health and social care is all the rage but the field of learning difficulties has been pioneering a joint practitioner role since the 1980s. Dave Sims looks at new research on ...
Michael Fullerton explores the role of social care nursing in tackling some of the challenges outlined in this year’s LeDeR (Learning from Lives and Deaths) report. Subscribe today for unlimited ...
NHS England has been working in collaboration with DanceSyndrome, an Accrington-based charity with a mission to change the way that people think about learning disabilities. DanceSyndrome was ...
Supporting people with learning disabilities to return from out-of-area placements requires thorough assessment, person-centred commissioning and time, according to social workers in one service ...