A crisis in learning disability nursing is denying people their right to fair and equitable care, the RCN has warned.

A new report from the Royal College of Nursing is calling for learning disability nursing to be strengthened to help support ...

Nurses on Teesside are introducing care bags for patients with a learning disability to reduce anxiety and distress in ...

Patients with learning disabilities are being offered care bags to help reduce their distress while attending hospitals. The ...

Learning disability nursing is a specialist service that risks disappearing from much of the UK. That’s according to a new ...

The James Cook University Hospital and University Hospital of North Tees have introduced care bags to help reduce anxiety and improve support ...

New research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has highlighted the need for dedicated disability education in undergraduate nursing programs to better prepare future nurses. Almost one in five ...

Abuse of patients with learning disabilities at Muckamore Abbey Hospital was the result of ‘the normalisation of deviance’ among staff, according to findings from a major inquiry. The allowance of ...

A nurse apprentice praised for her compassion and clinical excellence has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award. Emma Dowsett, a Registered Nurse Degree Apprentice in Learning Disability ...

Dental anxiety is a common phenomenon in the general population and may be more prevalent in people with learning disabilities. There is growing interest in the use of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT ...