Problems attracting people into learning disability nursing training have “come to a head” and there is now a risk there will be an insufficient number of new nurses working in this field in the ...

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 ...

A set of voluntary standards to help support and encourage community learning disability nurse education and practice across the UK have been launched by leading nursing charities. The new document ...

A conference for future learning disability nurses has been described as "one of the most inclusive, inspiring and joyful". The University of Winchester hosted the 21st Positive Choices conference ...

A nurse apprentice praised for her compassion and clinical excellence has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award. Emma Dowsett, a Registered Nurse Degree Apprentice in Learning Disability ...

(MENAFN- Pressat) NHS England has been working in collaboration with DanceSyndrome, a Lancashire-based charity with a mission to change the way that people think about learning disabilities, to launch ...

Research indicates that repetition and distributed practice effectively fires and rewires the brain, thereby strengthening memory and improving learning potential. This approach aims to develop and ...