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Centre for Learning Disability Studies will be ‘national resource’
A new academic centre at Hertfordshire University will become a national resource for learning disability nursing in the UK, according to its leader, Bob gates.
Call to end bullying of children with educational needs
The National Children’s Bureau (NCB) is calling for action to tackle the bullying of children with special educational needs and learning disabilities.
Ridgeway partnership merges with Southern Health NHS Trust
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust is the preferred bidder to acquire Oxfordshire Learning Disability NHS Trust (OLDT), also known as Ridgeway partnership, which discontinued its bid for foundation trust status last year.
Centre for Learning Disability Studies will be ‘national resource’
A new academic centre at Hertfordshire University will become a national resource for learning disability nursing in the UK, according to its leader, Bob gates.
Call to end bullying of children with educational needs
The National Children’s Bureau (NCB) is calling for action to tackle the bullying of children with special educational needs and learning disabilities.
Ridgeway partnership merges with Southern Health NHS Trust
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust is the preferred bidder to acquire Oxfordshire Learning Disability NHS Trust (OLDT), also known as Ridgeway partnership, which discontinued its bid for foundation trust status last year.
Nurse lecturer to cycle for charity
Nurse lecturer Mark Jukes is in training for the ride of his life as he prepares to cycle from John O’Groats, Caithness, to Land’s end, Cornwall, to raise funds for Leukaemia and Lymphoma research.
Workforce in Northern Ireland may not meet rising demand
RCN calls for greater communication between health and social care agencies to ensure services are improved
Students are first to hear details of modernisation plans
More than 450 people attended the Positive Choices learning disability nurses’ conference at Edinburgh Napier University at the end of March.
Learning disability nursing prepares for revamp to cope with pressure on services
Modernisation report makes recommendations to bolster government commitment to the profession.
Celebrities campaign to protect funding for local authorities
A campaign to ‘ring fence’ money for the social care of people with learning disabilities has received the backing of several celebrities and authors.
Political change essential to improve clients’ health
Mencap has warned that the health care of people with learning disabilities will remain unchanged until the political will to improve it has been found.
Co-ordinated response required to meet needs of older service users
The experiences of older people with learning disabilities have been documented in a report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
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