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05 December 2022 | Vol 25, Issue 6
CPD

Performing venesection in a person with a learning disability

Joanne Blair

Evidence and practice

Functional loss in older adults with intellectual disabilities and dementia

Rachel Kirwan, Fintan Sheerin, Eimear McGlinchey, Philip McCallion, Mary McCarron

Role of Admiral Nurses in supporting people with learning disabilities and dementia

Victoria Lyons, Emily Oliver, Chris Knifton, Sue Molesworth

Opinion

Women’s Health Strategy: what about support for learning disabilities?

Michelle McAteer

Focusing on the legal, ethical and practical issues in the use of restrictive practices

Tamara Krivskaya

Post-incident debriefing: what nurses need to know

Norman Miller

How can we truly achieve change in services?

Wendy Johnson

Feature

Why I became a learning disability nurse – and how it inspires me

Jennifer Trueland

News

Mandatory learning disability training for all nurses goes live

Meet this year’s inspirational award winner

Patients’ access to social care ‘gridlocked’

Do more to recruit more

Shruti Sheth Trivedi

Editorial

Challenge to encourage nurses to the specialty

Christine Walker

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