Problems attracting people into learning disability nursing training have “come to a head” and there is now a risk there will be an insufficient number of new nurses working in this field in the ...

Emma Dowsett, a Registered Nurse Degree Apprentice in Learning Disability Nursing, met judges last month to be interviewed ...

Joint working between health and social care is all the rage but the field of learning difficulties has been pioneering a joint practitioner role since the 1980s. Dave Sims looks at new research on ...

People with learning disabilities often face systemic barriers in receiving fair healthcare. In this interview,, Independent ...

A painless new method of conducting blood tests in people with learning disabilities is currently being trialled by the ...

For people with learning disabilities the world can be a bewildering and strange place to get to grips with, but in hospitals it can be even worse. Sometimes members of staff at a busy hospital simply ...

A conference for future learning disability nurses has been described as "one of the most inclusive, inspiring and joyful". The University of Winchester hosted the 21st Positive Choices conference ...

NHS England has been working in collaboration with DanceSyndrome, a Lancashire-based charity with a mission to change the way that people think about learning disabilities, to launch a new film series ...

A community nurse from Blackburn has been honoured with a national award for her services over her 30 years career. Esther Smith, who works in the Learning Disability Service (LDS) for Lancashire and ...