This report examines the current roles of learning disability (LD) nurses within multi-
professional and multi-agency teams in a range of care settings. It also studies the …

This article reports on multi‐agency and multi‐disciplinary education and practice in the
area of learning disability nursing in England. It draws on evidence from a national survey …

Over the past 30 years, as the type and number of healthcare services have changed, the
role of the learning disability nurse has evolved. The numbers of learning disability nurses …

Learning disability nurses in the UK have received unprecedented attention over the past 5
years in response to anxieties about their role. The problem has been conceptualized as …

Over the past decade learning disability nurses have had to make many changes in the way
they practice. Changes in attitude towards the way in which people with learning disabilities …

It has been found in recent years that the healthcare needs of people with learning
disabilities have not always been fully met. The authors suggest that this situation can be …

It is frequently asserted that the views of patients or service users should inform the structure
and delivery of health and social care services. In the UK, patient participation, the expertise …

In the opening chapter of this book, John Turnbull describes how the background of learning
disability nursing has led nurses to seek to differentiate their practice from that of other …

This article looks at the findings of a study on how primary health care teams saw the health
care needs of people with learning disabilities and how those needs were being met …

This text encapsulates not only the origins of nursing in the learning disability field but also
contemporary perspectives and areas for specialist nursing practice. The book is divided …