‘A lone position has been a challenge but I love it’
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‘A lone position has been a challenge but I love it’

Erin Dean Freelance journalist

Award-winning Penelope Clark moved her family 800 miles to take up a post as the only community liaison nurse for learning disabilities and autism on the Shetland Islands

As the only community liaison nurse (learning disabilities and autism) on the Shetland Islands, Penelope Clark uses ferries to reach some of her clients and can spot whales on the drive to the supermarket.

Learning Disability Practice. 21, 5, 16-16. doi: 10.7748/ldp.21.5.16.s16

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