Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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<p>The presentation of challenging behaviour by people with learning disabilities can be persistent and can have a huge effecton the individuals concerned and their carers
<p>This article describes the implementation of annual health checks for people with learning disabilities by GPs in Portsmouth.
<p>The Family Planning Association (FPA) is a national charity that promotes good sexual health.
<p>Erasmus, the European Commission’s educational exchange programme for higher education students, teachers and institutions, funds education programmes for students acro
<p>This article is intentionally reflective, partly autobiographical, and focuses on the challenges that existed for the author as a nursing student trained in the 1970s,
<p>The unique healthcare needs of children and their families living with Down’s syndrome are identified; nurses must understand these to be able to help fulfil the person
<p>A massage and aromatherapy therapy group was set up at a day centre for people who have learning disabilities.
<p>This article explores the rights-based agenda for social action by intellectual disability nurses working alongside people with intellectual disabilities in Ireland.
<p>The authors review the literature on the impact of autism in a child on parents, families and carers, and the stresses they face.
<p>The author describes how as a community nurse, she used her assessment skills and knowledge to provide effective care for a woman who was refusing to have her toenails
<p>Staff face many challenges when caring for patients with a learning disability in a general hospital ward, and the author describes how clients’ confusion and anxiety c
<p>The author describes how the Gloucestershire reasonable adjustment outcome tool was developed and what it is intended to achieve.
<p>Being a patient in an intensive care unit can be extremely stressful. As well as having to cope with being critically ill, patients are subjected to an environment that can cause acute anxiety and confusion.
<p>Aim There is increasing evidence to support the effectiveness of parent management training programmes with families of typically developing children.
<p>This article describes a systematic review of approaches to measuring the satisfaction of people with learning disabilities with their health care.
<p>It is increasingly important that people have input into the services they receive.
<p>Uptake of cancer screening by people with learning disabilities in England is poor.
<p>Completing mental capacity assessments for individuals is a complicated process that presents professionals with many challenges. The authors set up a system to develop materials and protocols to evaluate the capacity of a varied population.
