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 ...

The Royal College of Nursing is urging the government to “re-double” its efforts to address the “dire” shortages of learning disability nurses, which it says are leaving vulnerable patients at risk of ...

An apprenticeship course has been launched to help reverse a shortage of nurses who specialise in caring for people with learning disabilities. The number of specialist learning disability nurses in ...

Delayed EHR availability of vital signs may jeopardize patient safety and data integrity. In 11.4 million measurements from 26,479 encounters, median measurement-to-validation lag ranged 12–25 minutes ...

New research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has highlighted the need for dedicated disability education in undergraduate nursing programs to better prepare future nurses. Almost one in five ...

A health team at Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust has won national recognition for a project supporting people with learning disabilities. The trust’s Learning Disabilities team received ...

A child who needs specialized instruction (special education services) related to a qualifying disability will generally have an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) under IDEA. A child who doesn’t ...