Shortages of learning disabilities nurses are hampering long-drawn national plans to end the practice of vulnerable people being inappropriately sent away from their families for care, leading nurses ...

Two Teesside nurses have received national awards for their work at a ceremony in London. Sue Sargeant and Claire Donnelly were named Learning Disability Nurses of the Year at the British Journal of ...

Lord Paul Scriven, a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords, has spent years championing the rights of learning ...

Those with the greatest financial concerns were up to seven times more likely to meet screening criteria for depression. “The ...

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A new Mencap survey confirms that people with learning disabilities receive poorer health care than others. But specialist posts are making a difference, reports Mithran Samuel A new Mencap survey ...

As the NHS England 10-Year Plan takes shape, it presents a unique opportunity to tackle the entrenched health inequalities faced by the 1.3 million people with a learning disability in England. These ...

Dreaming of a new career? Each week, we speak to someone from a different profession to discover what it's really like. Today, the Money team chats to an NHS learning disability nurse - we agreed to ...

The NHS Plan is an opportunity to ensure people with learning disabilities are properly served and not, as is too often the case now, ignored. As the NHS England 10-year plan takes shape, it presents ...