What is the current state of learning disability nursing in the UK? How can the decline in learning disability nurse numbers be halted? Does learning disability nursing suffer from a lack of awareness ...

The shortage of learning disability nurses is causing inequalities for patients and families, experts have warned. The workforce challenges facing the nursing specialty were discussed as part of a ...

Dreaming of a new career? Each week, we speak to someone from a different profession to discover what it's really like. Today, the Money team chats to an NHS learning disability nurse - we agreed to ...

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 ...

Think nursing is just for women? One of our city’s universities is proving otherwise – and changing lives in the process.

The study revealed substantial problems in oral healthcare of people with mild learning disability after their resettlement into the community. Change from institutional living to community-based ...