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Website update May 2025:
The UK Learning Disability Consultant Nurse Network (UKLDCNN) has agreed to take leadership of the website following the news of sweeping changes across the NHS in England.
This website is important to our profession its current and future members.
The website is now undergoing review and updating.
Please contact us with your thoughts and ideas for a renewed and refreshed space to support you in making a choice to join the profession or in staying within the learning disability nursing family.
British Journal of Nursing - Learning Disability Nursing Award 2026
Don’t hide your light under a bushell - celebrate your successes and work as Learning Disability Nurses.
The BJN Awards will be held at BMA House in London on Friday, 20th March 2026, celebrating excellence in research and practice while recognising outstanding achievements across the nursing community.
There are four main questions to process your nomination, detailing the contribution the nurse has made, the impact of their contribution on patient care, how it benefits the therapy area as a whole and if there is any supporting evidence.
In addition to this you will need to supply Name of nominee, their Job title, their place of work, their contact details (email, telephone, and address), their supervisor details, and up to 3 supporting documents for example: images, testimonials and references etc. (supporting documents are optional)
Awards are judged by an independent panel and will be based on four factors, evidence of novelty/original thinking, evidence of a significant impact/benefit to the area or patients, evidence in the application or supporting document of the achievements described and suitability for the category entered
Enter here: https://bjnawards.co.uk/active/en/page/categories
Final deadline for entries: Friday, 7th November 2025