Can new training opportunities fix the shortage of learning disability nurses?
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Can new training opportunities fix the shortage of learning disability nurses?

Erin Dean Health journalist

A new course pays students to train as learning disability nurses and demand for places is high – the approach could increase the nursing workforce

How to boost numbers in the shrinking learning disability nursing workforce in the UK is an ongoing concern.

Learning Disability Practice. 26, 6, 6-8. doi: 10.7748/ldp.26.6.6.s2

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