Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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<p>Tom had rotten and painful teeth, disliked dentists and hated hospitals, yet he wantedhis teeth removed and dentures fitted.
<p>Aim To explore nurses’ views of the strengths and weaknesses of current patterns of service provision for older people with learning disabilities in relation to three s
<p>People with learning disabilities may be missing out on appropriate eye care because their deteriorating eyesight goes unnoticed.
<p>This article, based on an undergraduate dissertation, consists of a literature review to identify, contextualise and critique the body of evidence relating to the use o
<p>Dementia is an issue of growing importance in services for people with learning disabilities as a result of the UK’s ageing population.
<p>This article explores the literature and issues surrounding planning care for individuals with learning disabilities.
<p>We live in a society where markers of success are constantly paraded in every medium.
<p>This article focuses on the Disability Distress Assessment Tool, also known as the DisDAT.
<p>Nurses’ attitudes towards people who self-injure can be negative and often interfere with therapeutic relationships with service users.
<p>Recently I attended a seminar facilitated by Professor Phil Barker and _ Poppy Buchanan-Barker about the now well-established Tidal Model for mental health nursing prac
<p>Person-centred planning is not an activity ‘done’ to people with an intellectual disability; rather it is about the person taking the lead with those who are important
<p>It is tricky trying to get people with learning disabilities to come forward for cancer screening.
<p>According to research published in December the number of people with learning disabilities who need social care is growing up to five and a half times faster than the government has planned for.
<p>More people attended London’s theatres in 2008 than in any other year on record. Almost 14 million people attended the capital’s auditoria, the Society of London Theatre said.</p>
<p>Mencap’s Death by Indifference (2007) was a damning report that detailed the deaths of six people with learning disabilities while in hospital under NHS care.
<p>It is important that people with learning disabilities have opportunities to participate in a wide range of community activities.
<p>The motivation for writing this paper followed the development and delivery of a community-based cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) anger management group for adults with learning disabilities.
<p>Two years ago, Bradford took part in a pilot project called Dynamite, the aim of which was to support the introduction of individual budgets (IBs) among young people with learning disabilities going through transition.
