NHS England has launched the Aspire apprenticeship to stem the decline of learning disability nurses and train a new ...

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 ...

Although there have been recent improvements, a lot more needs to be done to achieve equitable care for people with learning disabilities admitted to hospital. The increasing number of acute learning ...

An apprenticeship course has been launched to help reverse a shortage of nurses who specialise in caring for people with ...

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 study published in Health Services and Delivery Research finds patients with learning disabilities generally experience poorer care quality. Researchers used questionnaires, interviews, observations ...