Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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Putting a name to an increasingly common crime against young people with learning disabilities and autism.
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Taking on the recovery process following The Winterbourne View scandal and repairing opinions of treatment services.
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Wendy Johnson assesses how much has changed when managing discrimination against people with a disability.
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We must ensure nurses are better prepared for difficult conversations with people who have learning disabilities, says Paula Hopes.
Is it helpful if workers supporting people with learning disabilities show pity, asks psychotherapist David O’Driscoll.
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People with autism cannot always show subtle emotions, explains Wendy Johnson
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Rebecca Haythorne says carers need training to help solve this lifestyle problem
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Literature has always been a good source of monsters
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RCNi Nurse Awards Student Nurse Award finalist Holly Phillips describes what the experience has meant for her
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Professionals can help clients to acknowledge and deal with feelings of envy about their fellow service users
Why learning disability nursing needs a new form of leadership
Georgina Parkes explains how professionals who form trusting relationships with clients can help them to address and self-regulate their challenging behaviours
Former RCN president Lucy Ottley once said: ‘What an opportunity we have to guide the future of our profession, while maintaining the best traditions and standards of the past.’
Revalidation, one of the most significant changes to the regulation of nurses and midwives, is now under way.
David O’Driscoll considers the concept of mid-life crisis and how it applies to people with learning disabilities.
Recently, Rachael and I visited Lancaster Castle.
