Analysis

A true picture of the state of care for people with learning disabilities, and of the services and staffing they need, has emerged fo

Primary care patients with learning disabilities in Doncaster are benefiting from new GP information resource packs.

For more than a year England’s chief nursing officer Jane Cummings has been in charge of the government’s Transforming Care for Peopl

A national plan to move people with learning disabilities from hospital settings into the community was announced last month as part

Monica O'Carroll has learned to consider the ‘bigger picture’ when dealing with a client who exhibits challenging behaviour, and attr

Children with learning disabilities are more vulnerable to sexual exploitation than other children because they are given sub-standard advice from poorly trained professionals

Over the next few weeks, England’s chief nursing officer Jane Cummings and her team will draw up the first draft of a new nursing and

How do nurses care compassionately for someone locked up for violence, rape or murder?

NHS England has published a guide to advise all prison healthcare staff on the main points to consider when treating or managing pati

Ireland's intellectual disability nurses are joining forces with the UK’s learning disability nurses by signing up to the Strengtheni

In recent years there has been much controversy about how healthcare staff cope with people with learning disabilities who display ch