Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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Men who have learning disabilities have a higher incidence of dying from cancer than men in the general population.
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Compiled by Stacey Atkinson, matron/manager-inpatient services for people with learning disabilities and lead nurse, St Mary's Hospital, Leeds
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Compiled by Stacey Atkinson, matron/manager inpatient services for people with learning disabilities and lead nurse, St Mary's Hospital, Leeds
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Compiled by Stacey Atkinson, matron/manager-inpatient services for people with learning disabilities and lead nurse, St Mary's Hospital, Leeds
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The lived experience of dementia for people with Down’s syndrome.
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Young adults with cerebral palsy talk about the 'thrust' into adulthood
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A literature review has found short-term benefits to bariatric surgery for people with learning disabilities.
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As medication prescribing for children with autistic spectrum disorders increases, more care and attention is needed to fully understand the side effects.
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Examining the effect of cognitive behavioural therapy among people with mental health needs.
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Women with disabilities attending maternity units feel their needs are not being met, researchers discover.
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Research team explores concepts the UN member states have regarding political activeness and people who have learning disabilities.
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Study finds link to children born with autism and mothers taking excessive amounts of vitamin B12 and folic acid.
Study reveals the short-term improvements for group of men diagnosed with ADHD.
An early intervention in autism aimed at helping parents communicate with their child can reduce the severity of symptoms, with the reduction continuing for six years, a follow-up study by UK researchers has shown.
A new method known as written emotional disclosure (WED) explored to help support carers.
Although melatonin is increasingly prescribed as a treatment for sleep disturbance disorders in children with learning disabilities there has been limited research into its effectiveness.
Mothers have been studied to consider how stress levels effect their engagement in therapy work that has been taken on to improve interactions with their child.
US study compared the mental health of patients with autistic spectrum disorders with a random control group
