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A failing process

01 June 2000

Learning Disability Practice

Opinion

It is now widely accepted that the Registered Homes Act of 1984 has many shortcomings and will, in fact, be replaced by the Care Standards Act in the near future...

www.abilityonline.org.uk Accessed: 2 August 2002

01 October 2002

Learning Disability Practice

Resources

This site concerns general disability rather than learning disability which is not a particularly useful site if your interest is specifically learning disability. I...

Shifting the balance of power

01 September 2002

Learning Disability Practice

2nd Opinion

While there is now widespread recognition of the importance of handing over power and control to service users, in practice this is still not occurring on widespread...

Social policy: an introduction

01 October 2007

Learning Disability Practice

Resources

This publication provides a broad analysis of all aspects of social policy in the UK. It covers a wide range of social policy topics such as social policy...

Proper jobs for all

01 November 2001

Learning Disability Practice

2nd opinion

Many people with learning disabilities are impoverished and disempowered and do not enjoy the same sort of lifestyles as many of us. Will the Valuing People White...

Delivering the vision

01 May 2002

Learning Disability Practice

2nd opinion

When I compare the impact and implementation of Valuing People with that of the previous White Paper, Better Services for the Mentally Handicapped, a number of...

Obituary

01 May 2012

Learning Disability Practice

News

MY FRIENDSHIP and professional relationship with Tony Taylor, pictured right, began in 1986, when I was appointed director of nursing in Hampshire, where he was a...

Striving for the unimaginable

01 July 1999

Learning Disability Practice

Second opinion

A friend of mine recently had a baby daughter with Down’s Syndrome. Given my professional background it was not surprising that he should turn to me for advice and...

New body for supported living

01 February 2004

Learning Disability Practice

Intractive

Dear Editor, I am writing to alert readers of LDP to the launch of the Association of Supported Living (ASL). As a result of the ‘Minefields’ conference held last...

An expert’s view from the independent sector

08 December 2011

Learning Disability Practice

Analysis

The continuing decline in the numbers of learning disability nurses reminds me of a comment made by a charge nurse 30-odd years ago when I was about to begin my...

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