Learning Disability and Autism Nurse Specialist Leona Mccook is working with clinical teams, patients, families and carers.

The findings of the 2026 Ockenden Report, although focused on maternity care, resonate across wider health and social care ...

A specially trained nurse has been appointed to improve communication, remove barriers to treatment and provide better care ...

A shortage of learning disability nurses in the UK is denying people with learning disabilities access to essential health and care, according to a new review from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN).

Specialist nurses on Teesside are introducing care bags for patients with a learning disability in an effort to reduce anxiety and distress in their urgent care and accident and emergency departments.

Exclusive: Royal College of Nursing says 1.5m vulnerable people not getting the right care, as specialism is ‘consistently undermined’ The specialist learning-disability nurse workforce is in ...

Two Teesside nurses have received national awards for their work at a ceremony in London. Sue Sargeant and Claire Donnelly were named Learning Disability Nurses of the Year at the British Journal of ...