Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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<p>For the purpose of this poster the umbrella term of ASD has been used instead of individual diagnostic categories.
<p>The Health Service Ombudsman, our sister service, investigates complaints about the health service, but at the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) we investigate complaint
<p>PEPE, a Psycho-Educative Programme about Epilepsy, was designed at the Bethel Institute in Germany to give information and support to people with learning disability wh
<p>Much has been written over the years from various professional perspectives about the challenges and rewards of providing care and support to people with learning disab
<p>This week I experienced one of my proudest moments – my daughter attending the new intake day at the nursery in the local primary school.
<p>The literature on music and music therapy for people with intellectual disability is mostly written by music therapists and psychologists.
<p>Supporting a person who has a learning disability with issues relating to loss and bereavement often challenges carers and counsellors alike as they seek creative appro
<p>Sex education for people with learning disabilities is a contentious issue (Craft 1987, Hinsberger et al 1991, Cole and Cole 1993, Beebee 2003).
<p>Over the last 25 years there has been growing emphasis placed on the rights of people who have a learning disability, the impact of historical modes of care, and the do
<p>Acknowledging that people with learning disability have poorer health than the rest of the population, the government set out clear principles for improving the health
<p>Hospitals should be accessible to everyone.
<p>Digital hearing aids have transformed Sonia’s life after a long struggle with a hearing impairment.
<p>Some concerned colleagues and I launched the Millfields Charter in October 2005. I am aware that the charter will not be a universally popular initiative. I am also in no doubt that raising such an emotive issue will involve a considerable degree of controversy.
<p>The sentiments of those who support the Millfields Charter in seeking to improve service user safety and, in particular, to decrease the risk of further restraint-related deaths in health and social care, are unquestionably laudable.
<p>To be asked to mediate in a published debate on an important national issue is either a privilege or a poisoned chalice. My therapist will decide.
<p>Recent research has suggested that the early symptoms and signs of dementia in people with Down syndrome may be different from those experienced by the general population (Ball et al 2006) and that the diagnosis of dementia is not routinely given to a person with Down syndrome (Wilkinson
<p>After what appears like years in the wilderness for learning disability nursing, it is refreshing to see that there is now a way forward for this essential component of the nursing register.</p>
<p>Aperson-centred plan (PCP) is not a one-off event but a continuous, evolving process. As Mcintosh (2001) says: ‘Sustained effort will be required from people at all levels….
