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Last days of school
July 25, 2015
By the age of 18, most young people are nearing the end of their tolerance for formal education. For those with additional needs, is age a reason to remove them…
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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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Duty of Candour: Do we have to be compelled to be candid?
July 9, 2015
The Duty of Candour places a responsibility on providers to be open and honest about incidents in the delivery of care. But surely this goes without saying. In March 2015…
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Caught Short
July 5, 2015
Out and about in the community with profoundly disabled adults can have you desperate for change in more ways than one! I have just signed one of those online petition…
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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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Remove risk and remove opportunity?
April 24, 2015
An article in Community Care this month suggests that by being highly risk-averse, providers may be doing people with learning disabilities more harm than good. Anyone who has been around…
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