Learning disability nurses play a crucial role in improving health outcomes for people with learning disabilities, but the specialty has been held back by the lack of a bespoke care model. This ...

Problems attracting people into learning disability nursing training have “come to a head” and there is now a risk there will be an insufficient number of new nurses working in this field in the ...

For people with learning disabilities the world can be a bewildering and strange place to get to grips with, but in hospitals it can be even worse. Sometimes members of staff at a busy hospital simply ...

NHS England has been working in collaboration with DanceSyndrome, a Lancashire-based charity with a mission to change the way that people think about learning disabilities, to launch a new film series ...

A conference for future learning disability nurses has been described as "one of the most inclusive, inspiring and joyful". The University of Winchester hosted the 21st Positive Choices conference ...

A community nurse from Blackburn has been honoured with a national award for her services over her 30 years career. Esther Smith, who works in the Learning Disability Service (LDS) for Lancashire and ...