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Strengthening the commitment: the report of the UK modernising learning disabilities nursing review
- Author:
- UK MODERNISING LEARNING DISABILITIES NURSING REVIEW. Co-production Steering Group
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Government
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 76p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
There are approximately 1.5 million people in Britain living with learning disabilities, and the number is likely to grow by 14% per cent between 2001 and 2021. The UK Modernising Learning Disabilities Nursing Review wants to ensure that people with learning disabilities of all ages have access to the expert learning disabilities nursing they need. This report seeks to ensure that people with learning disabilities of all ages have access to expert Learning Disabilities Nurses and that their families and carers get the best support and care. It also seeks to make best use of Learning Disabilities Nurses throughout the entire health and social care system and improve the career image of learning disabilities nursing as a whole. It sets out a number of detailed recommendations for the 4 UK Governments aimed at strengthening the commitment to learning disabilities nursing across the public sector. Underlying the recommendations are 4 organising principles for supporting reform: strengthening capacity through developing the learning disabilities nursing workforce; strengthening capability to ensure a competent and flexible learning disabilities nursing workforce; strengthening quality and demonstrating quality outcomes; and strengthening and modernising the profession.
Working in sunshine
- Author:
- MAHONY Chris
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 8.12.99, 1999, pp.61-64.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
This careers focus article explores how recent improvements in training and changing value systems which assert that people with learning difficulties are as valuable as anyone else, have helped learning disabilities nursing to shed its 'Cinderella' image.
Strengthening the commitment: one year on: progress report on the UK Modernising Learning Disabilities Nursing Review
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 32
- Place of publication:
- London
This report summarises the progress made in England during the past year against recommendations set out in ‘Strengthening the Commitment: the report of the UK Modernising Learning Disability Nursing Review (2012)’. The 17 recommendations cover the four broad areas of: strengthening capacity, strengthening capability, strengthening quality, and strengthening the profession. For each recommendation information is provided on key government policies, examples of positive practice, and planned next steps. The report shows how the recommendations have been translated into good practice to achieve better health and wellbeing for people with learning disabilities, and fulfil the commitment made in 'Transforming Care: A national response to Winterbourne View Hospital'. (Original abstract)
Training and developing staff in general hospitals: intellectual disability liaison nurses and the RAID model
- Author:
- WALSH Nick
- Journal article citation:
- Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, 8(6), 2014, pp.390-398.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to address the serious problems that people with intellectual disability face in getting their healthcare needs met in general hospitals by improving the training of general hospital staff. Design/methodology/approach: Review of recent developments in models of service provision including the development of intellectual disability liaison nurses and the RAID model in liaison psychiatry. Findings: There is much scope for intellectual disability liaison nurses and liaison psychiatry services to work together in staff training in general hospitals. There is a clear strategic role for both services in convincing the management of general hospitals to implement such training using economic and quality arguments. Originality/value: The authors suggest a new model of working to improve the healthcare outcomes of people with intellectual disabilities through effective training of staff in general hospitals. (Publisher abstract)
Dual qualification and training: the learning disability experience
- Authors:
- ETCHELLS Jean, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 2(12), August 1999, pp.412-415.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Salford University's launch of their new joint nursing/social work training programme for learning disabilities practitioners has thrown starkly into relief the barriers and boundaries that impede joint working. This article describes the initial findings of a study canvassing the views of first intake of students, including roles, responsibilities and professional perceptions.