Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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Thirty six years on and with change round every corner, what can the new cohort of nurses bring?
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People with learning disabilities can be particularly susceptible to this type of encounter
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Getting on a flight with a child who has autism can be challenging
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Will rethinking the concept of accountability shift the individual blame culture in the NHS?
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Advanced nurse practitioner training is a waste of public money if the skills cannot be put to use even during a recruitment crisis, argues this experienced learn
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Talking to patients and those close to them, as well as checking health passports, can help to improve treatment
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The devil is in the detail – and especially relevant in patient feedback writes Wendy Johnson
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Being a learning disability nurse at the moment is a bit like being a crew member on the Titanic except we can see the iceberg ahead, argues Simon Jones
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One-off payments of £10,000 are to be offered to attract postgraduate students into difficult to recruit to courses like learning disability nursing
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Advocating effective communication on a patient's behalf can be tricky in learning disability nursing, but putting a support plan in place will benefit all, w
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A reluctance to address feelings of shame may hinder our understanding of what is important to service users
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Wendy Johnson wants to know how you tell the difference from good quality and bad quality care, and what it means to her daughter Rachael who has autism
Too few nurses from black and minority ethnic backgrounds receive awards for their efforts, perhaps because so few are nominated by colleagues.
Leading Change, Adding Value (LCAV) puts a new emphasis on measuring improvement. With the framework’s support, the ‘hidden’ achievements of nurses will be highlighted and unwarranted variation in care addressed, says NHS England’s Susan Aitkenhead
Seven years ago, recommendations were made to ensure a safer future of learning disability nursing in the NHS. Here, professor of learning disabilities Bob Gates considers whether anything has changed.
A new film highlights the driving force that has built up behind positive behaviour support – and how one regularly restrained client’s life was transformed by the approach, as Ben Higgins reveals
David O'Driscoll discusses the importance discussing death with people who have learning disabilities.
Wendy Johnson wants to know whether we should walk before we can run when it comes to new plans for a digital NHS, set out by Jeremy Hunt
