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Rebecca Betts-Richards

How Patient’s Choice nominee Rebecca Betts-Richards supports mental health service users

17 Aug 2020
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Mary Makarau has been nominated for the Patient’s Choice award for her compassionate care

17 Aug 2020
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Patient’s Choice nominee Rekha Govindan changed the prognosis for a man given we

17 Aug 2020
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Patient’s Choice nominee Noreen Ferguson helped a family deal with their son’s diagnosis

17 Aug 2020
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Image of two human figures, one on huge book titled Liberty Protection Safeguards, against backdrop of scales of justice. Article explains how new Liberty Protection Safeguards for people lacking mental capacity could affect learning disability nurses.

Be prepared for the new legislation covering people lacking mental

14 May 2020
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Advanced care planning

Conversations about end of life care are important for the patient and

12 Apr 2020
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Picture shows TV presenter Carrie Grant with her family (L-R): Talia, Imogen, Carrie, Nathan, David, Olive. She wants better autism training and awareness, and says nurses can help through ‘collaboration, community and curiosity’
TV star Carrie Grant says nurses can help through ‘collaboration, community and curiosity’
04 Mar 2020
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Picture shows a couple with learning disabilities smiling at the camera. Dating agencies for people with learning disabilities aim to help them find not only romance but also friendships that can reduce social isolation.
Learning disability nurses might be asked to help a service user looking for love and compani
21 Jan 2020
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Event attracted practitioners and people with learning disabilities and their families
31 Oct 2019
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Forced marriage
How nurses can help people with learning disabilities who are at risk of forced marriage
30 Oct 2019
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Irene-Tuffrey-Wijne
Irene Tuffrey-Wijne advocates service-user involvement in decisions that affect them
17 Sep 2019
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Alice Waddington, Emily Hesketh and Eve Kavanagh

RCNi Nurse Awards student winners spread the word about their Makaton language r

07 Jul 2019
Team has reduced hospital stays and introduced 'champions' network and training
04 Jul 2019
Families explain how they feel there can be a lack of health and social care support
09 May 2019
Paula McGowan led campaign call at Positive Choices 2019 conference
30 Apr 2019
A scheme gives coaching to people with a learning disability until they settle into a new job
05 Apr 2019
What it takes for a care home to gain outstanding status from the Care Quality Commission
06 Mar 2019
What can we learn from 100 years of learning disability nursing and should we celebrate?
15 Jan 2019

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