The shortage of learning disability nurses is causing inequalities for patients and families, experts have warned. The workforce challenges facing the nursing specialty were discussed as part of a ...

Students studying Learning Disability Nursing at De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) have joined forces with their course lecturer Sam Humphrey to draft a new nursing pocket guide. Adele Bunten and ...

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A nurse who works for Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) has been recognised with a national award.

Phillipa Russell (pictured) is mother to Simon, 43, who has learning disabilities. She is also a disability rights commissioner, an adviser to the NCB and a member of National Learning Disability Task ...

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A SHORTAGE of specialist learning disability nurses could be putting lives at risk, a report published today warns. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) found that the number of learning disability ...

Discover a route to two highly rewarding careers by studying Occupational Therapy or nursing for those with learning disabilities at Edinburgh Napier University. The university in the heart of ...

More hospital patients with learning disabilities will die if politicians do not tackle the “devastating collapse” in specialist nurse numbers, a leading charity and a union have warned. The number of ...

The NHS is facing a return to the “Victorian era” when it comes to learning disability care because of a critical shortage of specialist nurses made worse by Tory cuts to student bursaries, experts ...