My toes began scudding under my right foot, not clearing the ground as I walked. I started tripping. I had to forego a lifelong love of running, my right leg pulling strangely toward the ground. Soon, ...

Two Teesside nurses have received national awards for their work at a ceremony in London. Sue Sargeant and Claire Donnelly were named Learning Disability Nurses of the Year at the British Journal of ...

Joint working between health and social care is all the rage but the field of learning difficulties has been pioneering a joint practitioner role since the 1980s. Dave Sims looks at new research on ...

Annabell Downey’s breast cancer was diagnosed only after she collapsed and was taken to hospital — by which point it had already spread. Her experience highlights growing evidence that having a ...

Credit: Getty Images Health care workers with disabilities face significant challenges, such as employment discrimination, lack of accessibility, and ableism. Nurses constitute the largest group of ...

Dreaming of a new career? Each week, we speak to someone from a different profession to discover what it's really like. Today, the Money team chats to an NHS learning disability nurse - we agreed to ...

Supporting people with learning disabilities to return from out-of-area placements requires thorough assessment, person-centred commissioning and time, according to social workers in one service ...