Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
Editorial
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New standards on how people with learning disabilities are cared for in hospitals in England have been launched, meanwhile two category winners in this year's RCNi Awards s
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What can be done to ensure learning disability nursing retains high-quality staff?
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Mencap’s Treat Me Well campaign aimed at healthcare professionals follows NHS failings more than a decade ago
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Making a pitch for learning disability nursing
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Nominate yourself or a colleague for this year’s RCNi Nurse Awards and help celebrate exceptional nursing care, writes editor Graham Scott
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Supporting clients to live a life as full as it can possibly be, but also to have a good death when the time comes, is a challenge that Nicky Lyall and her team are tackling
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At a time where morale in learning disability nursing seems low, light can be found through the Positive Choices conference, and LD nurse Melanie Davies being awarded the top ac
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A new survey by Nursing Standard and the Sunday Mirror newspaper reinforces the obvious reason why morale is poor: nurses simply do not feel valued, writes Graham Scott
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Dispatches investigation found that inpatients with learning disabilities at St Andrew's Healthcare were subject to shocking treatment.
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It’s good to see the college taking the lead on defining advanced practice, and it seems accreditation won’t be easy to achieve, writes Nursing Standard editor Graham Scott
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Overhauling procedure for fitness to practise cases will save money, says Graham Scott.
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The annual RCNi Nurse Awards exist so that healthcare staff receive the recognition they deserve, says editor Graham Scott
Money released by chancellor must go to those keeping teh NHS running, says Graham Scott
As the nursing workforce dwindles, the needs of people with learning disabilities may not be met
Colin Parish on a fresh redesign for Learning Disability Practice
It was great to see the nurses behind the Health Equalities Framework (HEF) receive the RCNi Learning Disability Nursing award.
Nursing is a job in which the relationship between professional and client transcends normal social boundaries. This is because nurses remain with the people they support at every stage of their lives, including their deaths.
