Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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<p>The goal of the Scottish Executive, which took over responsibility for the country’s health and social care policy following devolution, is to reduce health inequalitie
<p>This article addresses the important issue of the assessment of an individual with learning disabilities using a recognised model of care.
<p>Thousands of elderly people are enduring high levels of stress because local authorities are failing to take steps to ensure their sons and daughters will be housed pro
<p>May 31 was an important day for learning disability nurses within Wales. At a conference held in mid Wales Jane Hutt.
<p>Care work in learning disability services has long been seen to be a stressful occupation (Colligan et al 1997) and the literature in this area is growing.
<p>Assertive outreach services were originally developed to engage an identified group of adults with severe mental illnesses living in the community (Sainsbury Centre for
<p>Last year was the United Nations International Year of Volunteering.
<p>Having been interested in massage and aromatherapy for many years, I decided to obtain a Diploma in Aromatherapy.
<p>Quality of life is a difficult concept to describe.
<p>Continuing professional development (CPD) for learning disability nurses is well established.
<p>It is only relatively recently that mental health and mental illness have entered the conscious thought of learning disability practitioners in the context of service p
<p>People with a learning disability have a number of needs which are likely to bring them into contact with the health service (DoH 1995).
<p>In the past, many parents with learning disabilities had their offspring taken into care. Thankfully, we now see increasing numbers of parents caring for their children in their own homes.
<p>How much should carers know about the signs of Alzheimer’s disease in people with Down syndrome? Karen McKenzie and colleagues discuss their study which reveals a worrying lack of knowledge about the symptoms</p>
<p>Health practitioners who work in the field of learning disabilities are familiar with the many inequalities that exist in the area of healthcare provision and in opportunities for their clients to participate on an equal basis in day- to-day social activities.
<p>Bowel problems can be common in people with learning disabilities. Paxton et al (2001) found that almost half (48 per cent) of the clients with Down syndrome who received a health screen had bowel problems.
<p>I have recently returned from a visit to Poland where I visited the Catholic University of Lublin and the Centrum Metodyczne Pomocy Psychologigiczno-Pedagogicznej in the Ministry of Education in Warsaw.
<p>The Valuing People White Paper (Department of Health 2001) reinforces evidence that people with learning disabilities living in the community have extensive health needs which are very often unmet, and makes important proposals for improving their health care.
