Editorial

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National Children’s Nurses’ Day on 30 June, organised by the Association of British Paediatric Nurses, is an annual day dedicated solely to the profession Picture: iStock

Now is the time to mark our achievements despite unprecedented NHS pressures

22 Apr 2026
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The new system will replace local commissioning groups
01 Jun 2022
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People with learning disabilities and/or autism will need support to rebuild their lives

20 May 2021
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CQC report acknowledges vulnerabilities of service users during COVID-19

19 Mar 2021
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New law alone will not address unnecessary detentions of people with learning disabilities 

22 Jan 2021
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Report reveals service users six times more likely to die than others during the first wave

13 Nov 2020
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Image illustrates the online interaction between new nursing students and their lecturer during the first week of term at university
Nursing students starting university graduate courses face a strange new online world
17 Sep 2020
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Young child with learning disabilities being guided by her parent to use virtual technology
Virtual consultations need to be conducted with the same care and dignity as face to face
22 Jul 2020
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Picture of COVID-19 notice on a glass door. In the background clinical staff wearing personal protective equipment look after a patient in an intensive care unit.
The pandemic highlights unfair attitudes towards people with learning disabilities and autism
19 May 2020
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Image shows learning disability servicer user sneezing in to a tissue
Global pandemic means that learning disability nursing ‘reset’ may have to wait
18 Mar 2020
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Illustration of pound sign with graduate cap on depicting grants for learning disability nursing students

After years of stagnation and decline this year has started with some positives

23 Jan 2020
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Image show campaigner Paula McGowan speaking at a conference with an image of her son Oliver behind her

Government announces £1.4 million scheme in England thanks to campaign by one brave mother

20 Nov 2019

Learning disability nurses have disappeared from the register at an alarming rate

17 Sep 2019
RCNi Nurse Awards show the great work done by LD nurses, but staff shortages are critical
22 Jul 2019
A consultation offers a chance to affect the experience of people with learning disabilities
11 Mar 2019

With 100 years of learning disability nursing behind us, what is next?

18 Jan 2019

The notion that hospitals are unfavourable for service users was echoed by many nurses during the course of this year’s Learning Disability Practice conference 

15 Nov 2018

Lessons from the Learning Disabilities Mortality Review, recruitment and reasonable adjustments at this year’s event

14 Sep 2018

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