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Rebecca Betts-Richards

How Patient’s Choice nominee Rebecca Betts-Richards supports mental health service users

17 Aug 2020
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Mary Makarau has been nominated for the Patient’s Choice award for her compassionate care

17 Aug 2020
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Patient’s Choice nominee Rekha Govindan changed the prognosis for a man given we

17 Aug 2020
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Patient’s Choice nominee Noreen Ferguson helped a family deal with their son’s diagnosis

17 Aug 2020
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Image of two human figures, one on huge book titled Liberty Protection Safeguards, against backdrop of scales of justice. Article explains how new Liberty Protection Safeguards for people lacking mental capacity could affect learning disability nurses.

Be prepared for the new legislation covering people lacking mental

14 May 2020
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Advanced care planning

Conversations about end of life care are important for the patient and

12 Apr 2020
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Picture shows TV presenter Carrie Grant with her family (L-R): Talia, Imogen, Carrie, Nathan, David, Olive. She wants better autism training and awareness, and says nurses can help through ‘collaboration, community and curiosity’

 TV star Carrie Grant wants better autism training and awareness,

04 Mar 2020
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Picture shows a couple with learning disabilities smiling at the camera. Dating agencies for people with learning disabilities aim to help them find not only romance but also friendships that can reduce social isolation.

Learning disability nurses might be asked to help a service user lookin

21 Jan 2020
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One-day open-air event encourages new thinking about positive behaviour support and attrac

31 Oct 2019
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Forced marriage

How nurses can help people with learning disabilities who are at risk of forced marriage

30 Oct 2019
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Irene-Tuffrey-Wijne

Learning disabilities research advocate Irene Tuffrey-Wijne uses her role to ‘shout about’

17 Sep 2019
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Alice Waddington, Emily Hesketh and Eve Kavanagh

RCNi Nurse Awards student winners spread the word about their Makaton language r

07 Jul 2019

Team’s programme has reduced hospital stays, introduced a 'champions' ne

04 Jul 2019

Families share their experiences and how they feel there can be a lack o

09 May 2019

Paula McGowan led campaign call for mandatory health and social care sta

30 Apr 2019

A scheme in which a job coach accompanies people with a learning disabil

05 Apr 2019

A look at what it takes for a care home to gain outstanding status from the Care Quali

06 Mar 2019

What can we learn from the first 100 years of learning disability nursing and should there

15 Jan 2019

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