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Workforce risks and opportunities: learning disability nurses: education commissioning risks summary from 2012
- Author:
- CENTRE FOR WORKFORCE INTELLIGENCE
- Publisher:
- Centre for Workforce Intelligence
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 21p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report describes the key issues facing the nursing profession for learning disability nurses over the next 3-5 years, including: considerations for future requirements; current and forecast supply; and a summary of national trends, regional variations and any associated risks. The aim of this work is to support local decisions on future education and training commissioning, made through consultation between the education and training commissioner and employers. This is one of 40 reports produced by the CfWI in 2012 detailing the education commissioning risks for 77 professions. The findings show that the demand for learning disability nurses is rising due to an improved survival rate into adulthood and greater life expectancy for people with learning disabilities. Despite the projected increase in demand, commissions for learning disability nursing courses are declining. Services are increasingly moving into the community, and also into the non-NHS sectors. The reduction in commissions for learning disability nursing courses may be a reflection of the shift out of the NHS into the non-NHS sectors. In order to meet demand in the future, commissioners and providers across the sectors will need to determine models of care.