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Transition to adulthood should be a time of opportunity and excitement for young people as they look ahead to their future, but too many young people with a learning disability instead experience a…

The findings of the 2026 Ockenden Report, although focused on maternity care, resonate across wider health and social care systems, including services for people with a learning disability and autisti...

This report assesses the precarious state of the UK’s information environment, focusing on growing uncertainty about what to trust and the serious impact this is having on democracy.

Essential reading: Why learning disability nurses are essential – and how you can become one. Our article examines the vital role that learning disability nurses play in ensuring that people with a l...

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A new position statement has been published setting out the learning from Intensive Support Teams (ISTs) for people with learning disabilities. The paper highlights 5 key areas of best practice, shar...

Study context The team are currently working on a project titled: Exploring Learning Disability Nurses’ Perspectives on NMC Registration: Implications for Students and Individuals Living with a Learni...

Explore SCIE's insights on the Mental Health Act (2025), including best practice frameworks, and support for implementing person-centred, least-restrictive care.

I have spent years trying to find this article and it hasn’t disappointed (Thank you BCHFT Library Services). “The Unoffered Chair” is seminal because it explicitly discussed (in 1993!) the “therapeu...

Iatrogenic harm from restrictive interventions in mental healthcare: a human rights perspective

Purpose. The purpose of this article is to provide a definition of Positive Behaviour Support (PBS), developed by a group of practitioners of PBS, in the United Kingdom (UK).Design/methodology/approac...

The aim of this systematic review was to identify how psychotherapies have been adapted to suit the needs of people with intellectual disabilities. A comprehensive literature search garnered 39,777 s...

The RRN is pleased to share Implementing Seni's Law: Guidance for developing a policy to comply with Section 3 of the Statutory Guidance of the Mental Health Un

This feature explores the role of registered learning disability nurses (RNLDs) working in general practice

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Karen Watchman blogs about how appropriate care homes may be for people with a learning disability and advancing dementia

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We are taking a short break from our usual DAPPLE updates this week.  That’s because we’ve got some exciting news to share…The Print & Deliver service is LIVE!Everyone should get the chance to talk ab...

The latest annual LeDeR report in collaboration with our academic partners on behalf of NHS England.

WOW 900 people have signed up for this exciting up and coming event on 22nd October 2025 on MS teams. As multi agency, proactive tools, the Dynamic Support Register and Care (Education) and Treatment...

Hi everyone UKLDCNN would like to invite you to an online celebration of RNLD day on the 3rd Nov from 1.30pm to 4.30pm. Programme will be released in mid September but we are planning an exciting cel...

There has been limited study to date into the specific patient factors that influence decisions about an individual's need for high-security psychiatric ca...

Key insights from new Lancet Commission published today; to help clinicians and patients make safer, more informed prescribing decisions.

This article outlines the unique contribution of learning disability nurses in addressing the health inequalities faced by people with a learning disability and their families.

Collaborative Risk Assessment and Management across the secure mental health pathway in England - the CORAS study For more information please email Catherine.Jeynes2@nottshc.nhs.uk

In 1988, Louis Appleby wrote “Personality Disorder: The Patients Psychiatrists Dislike.” It’s difficult to read it without concluding that many psychiatrists label the people they dislike — rather t...

Evaluating C(E)TRs/CTRs - the CECiLiA Study We need children and adults with learning disabilities and autistic children and adults who have been invited to take part in a C(E)TR/CTR in the last 12-m...

Study context The team are currently working on a project titled: Exploring Learning Disability Nurses’ Perspectives on NMC Registration: Implications for Students and Individuals Living with a Learni...

People with psychosis face unique risks around suicide, but most treatments aren’t designed with them in mind.

British politics is awash with money from super rich donors. In 2023, two-thirds of all private donations came from just 19 people. These so-called ‘mega donors’ enjoy privileged access to political p...

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Psychotropic medicines are sometimes inappropriately prescribed for individuals with intellectual disabilities without a clinical diagnosis of a mental illness, increasing risks of side effects and...

A systematic review shows relationships between staffing and incidents of violence on wards is complex suggesting an urgent need for better evidence.

Scores of disabled students are to demonstrate next week in protest at their university’s “discriminatory” decision to secretly introduce cuts to their support. They say the University of Derby has…

An NHS nurse has given Sky News Money a frank insight into the profession, including starting salary and the patients she will never forget.