Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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<p>The issue of capacity to consent to make decisions took centre-stage last year as the Mental Capacity Act 2005 finally came into force (see Code of Practice, Department
<p>There is a lack of research focusing on holidays for people with learning disabilities.
<p>Sevices for people with a learning disability have changed radically over the past 30 years.
<p>The health needs of people with learning disabilities are best met through promoting access to sensitive and responsive mainstream services (Ager and Littler 1998).
<p>Rising life expectancy means that more people with learning disabilities are living into old age (Bittles et al 2002, Wilkinson and Janicki 2005).
<p>Commissioning is a complex process.
<p>It seems that the rumours have turned out to be true and that the future education of student nurses in England is set for a radical overhaul.
<p>Epilepsy is defined as ‘a symptom of a transient brain dysfunction, where there is a high level of electrical activity in the brain, sending confused messages and causi
<p>It is well established that individuals with learning disabilities have more health needs than the general population (Howells 1986, NHS Health Scotland 2004, NHS Quali
<p>Fosome parents, receiving the news that their child has a learning disability can be associated with feelings of shock and distress akin to a grieving process (Maxwell
<p>Since its inauguration in 1999, the concept of zero tolerance (Department of Health (DH) 1999) has become well-established in care settings.
<p>Before this year’s election, the Scottish National Party (SNP) leader Alex Salmond made what he presumably thought was a point-scoring speech.</p>
<p>The Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) becomes fully operational from the beginning of October. It will cover all adults (16 years old and over) in England and Wales who lack capacity, whether permanently, temporarily or in relation to some or all decisions.
<p>Game-informed learning, through the use of specially adapted computer programs, is becoming more popular in training as it allows staff to develop expertise, and make mistakes, safely.
<p>The Devon County Council Adult Protection Committee report (2006) identified people with learning disability as the second largest group of people at risk of abuse – in fact, in the year running up to the project, 42 per cent of the committee’s referrals involved people with a learning d
<p>The information technology society surrounds us whether or not we choose to, or are able to, use it. We use the internet for shopping, communicating, recreation, entertainment and education (NTIA 2002).
<p>The death of a close family member or friend can have a devastating impact on a person with learning disabilities (Hollins and Esterhuyzen 1997, Oswin 1991), particularly when a death is unexpected and sudden.
<p>For the purpose of this poster the umbrella term of ASD has been used instead of individual diagnostic categories. This is an edited version of the original poster.</p>
