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Take your medicine
July 17, 2015
This week NHS England responded to research that shows a worrying number of people with learning disability are being over prescribed medications. An urgent summit will be held today (17th…
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Specialist Nurses: As Rare as Hen’s Teeth?
June 29, 2015
Recent efforts to recruit nurses have highlighted a problem with supply. It’s becoming a proper chore these days, getting hold of the right staff for your service. As a manager…
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Judge not
June 19, 2015
Parents of people with learning disabilities face daily struggles with the things we all take for granted. In my career I have known many, many families who support children and…
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Speak up!
June 15, 2015
The treatment of whistleblowers does little to encourage more people to speak out about poor practice at work. Yet it is essential that managers are made aware when service users…
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Giving it away
June 5, 2015
This week has been Volunteers’ Week, and for many of us running care services, the tireless support of people who give up time to help others cannot be valued highly…
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Love is strange
May 29, 2015
In the news this month is the fact that people with learning disabilities are increasingly at risk of being groomed for sexual exploitation. How can we decide that someone we…
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Screening – stay on the radar
May 22, 2015
Screening – stay on the radar There is evidence that, despite Government initiatives to improve uptake, women with learning disabilities are less likely to be screened for breast and cervical…
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In the best interest – can we challenge the parent advocate?
May 18, 2015
This week, a thorny issue emerges as a mother ‘advocating’ for her son is causing problems for his care team. For adults with learning disabilities who cannot speak up for…
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