A new training programme endorsed by England’s chief nurse is being launched to develop future nursing leaders for learning disability services. The “creating caring cultures fellowship” will be run ...
Performing certain tasks, doing things that used to be easy or maintaining links with the community and other people may become more difficult as people with a learning disability grow older. Care and ...
About 1.5 million people in the UK have a learning disability, according to the charity Mencap. People with a learning disability find it harder than others to learn, understand and communicate.
Shortages of learning disabilities nurses are hampering long-drawn national plans to end the practice of vulnerable people being inappropriately sent away from their families for care, leading nurses ...
More people with learning disabilities are finding they have been transformed. From being labelled as “cared for” they have become carers themselves. Whether this means coping with ageing parents or ...
If they do find a partner, it can be logistically difficult to sustain the relationship and they can face judgement from ...
People have the right to be involved in discussions and make informed decisions about their care, as described in NICE's information on making decisions about your care. Making decisions using NICE ...
A health trust has been heavily criticised for "institutional abuse" of people with learning disabilities. The Healthcare Commission, which carried out the review at Sutton and Merton Primary Care ...
The University of Wolverhampton has teamed up with Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (RWT) to undertake a 10-month project to learn about co-production principles and co-create with their respective ...
The number of people with a learning disability or autism who died in a care setting between April and May has more than doubled, the care regulator has revealed. An analysis of deaths by the Care ...
A "culture of cruelty" at Winterbourne View Hospital prompted a review of care The number of hospital beds for people with learning disabilities and autism will be halved in England, the NHS has ...
A foster parent who lost his sight after being injured by a child in his care has said he never considered stopping being a ...