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Nicola Shinn, Learning Disability Nurse
Nicola Shinn, Learning Disability Nurse

Learning Disability nurses possess such a broad range of skills, knowledge, and expertise, and they work in a wide variety of settings. Here we have a piece by Nicola Shinn talking about her passion for working in forensic care.

Joeann Flannigan started as a Trainee Nursing Associate in Mental Health services
Joeann Flannigan started as a Trainee Nursing Associate in Mental Health services

Joeann Flannigan shares her journey.

Angie North -LD Nurse & Nurse Independent and Supplementary Prescriber
Angie North -LD Nurse & Nurse Independent and Supplementary Prescriber

The value being a learning disability nurse within this service is such that I can differentiate between and identify other co-existing conditions amongst the symptoms of ADHD.

Sarah Bartlett - Thinking Out Loud
Sarah Bartlett - Thinking Out Loud

“The holistic emotionally attuned spirit of the contemporary learning disability nurse has its own brand of under-sung magic, yet I don’t think it requires anyone but itself to sing for it if the truth be told.”

Chloe Donovan - Experiences of remote working during the pandemic
Chloe Donovan - Experiences of remote working during the pandemic

This account explores the reflections of my journey as a Lead Nurse for Learning Disability & Autism in a general hospital.

Gwen Moulster OBE - Review of Liaison Nursing
Gwen Moulster OBE - Review of Liaison Nursing

This review into the role of liaison nurses was conducted for Health Education England in partnership with Learning Disability England and In Control.

Sarah Jackson - Ask Listen Do
Sarah Jackson - Ask Listen Do

How education, health and social care could respond much more positively and proactively to feedback, concerns and complaints raised by people with a learning disability, autistic people and their family members.

Tracey Hartley Smith - Clinical Lead for C&YP learning disability services in Wirral
Tracey Hartley Smith - Clinical Lead for C&YP learning disability services in Wirral

Transition in the time of Covid! “Transitioning from child to adult health services can present several challenges for young people and their families, due to biopsychosocial factors and changes in the continuity of care delivered.”

A week in the life of an ‘acute liaison learning disability nurse’
A week in the life of an ‘acute liaison learning disability nurse’

Ged Jennings is an Acute Learning Disability Liaison Nurse at the Liverpool University Hospital and is currently undertaking his MSc in Clinical Research at Edge Hill University

Ruth Wetherall - Acute Learning Disability Liaison Nurse
Ruth Wetherall - Acute Learning Disability Liaison Nurse

“I enjoy learning disability nursing with the uniqueness and challenge the job brings; if you can go home at the end of the day, making even the smallest difference to a person, then it was a good day!”

Ruth May - Chief Nursing Officer
Ruth May - Chief Nursing Officer

I am delighted to welcome you to this new website for learning disability nursing.