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🤩 Excited to have been asked to be part of the judging panel for this year’s #NursingTimesAwards ✍️ Still time to get an entry in if you haven’t done so already.
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🚨 EXCLUSIVE: English hospitals that cut registered nurses saw more deaths while those hiring nurses saw more patients survive. Even when hospitals tried to fill gaps with non-nurses, deaths still went up. Major new study exposes dangerous NHS variation: thetimes.com/article/7eed8b8…
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I'm still reeling from having to send this email to a @wfcouncil social worker
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Read our latest easy read and plain English newsletter from #NHSEngland Learning Disability and Autism Programme which includes information to help prevent, constipation and lung cancer. Please share widely. england.nhs.uk/learning-disa…
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Feeling unwell this weekend? Use the 111 online symptom checker which can direct you to the most appropriate support. ➡️111.nhs.uk/ Please remember to save 999 for life-threatening emergencies only. 🚨 #Think111
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Explore how learning disability nurses’ specialist skills in education, communication and sensory adaptation can address oral health inequalities in people with learning disabilities. Article by Michelle Curran #Belfast @tweetandjoy.bsky.social journals.rcni.com/learning-d…
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Important all UK nurses feedback. As a mental health nurse, I feel the NMC has no vision for the field, and would be happy to let it silently die. It is difficult for me to donate to a cause which I do not believe supports the work I do #MHDeservesBetter nmc.org.uk/about-us/consulta…
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Excited to be presenting our research at #NursingLive tomorrow at the Birmingham NEC! A great opportunity to share our work and highlight the impact of patient and public engagement in research. 💙 #NursingResearch #ChooseLDNursing
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We were so pleased to see such a great turnout for our presentation #NursingLive on the CareLeD tool, which supports people with learning disabilities in accessing urgent and emergency healthcare with Delyth & @GwenMoulster To access the tool go to; lnkd.in/ewH3xNaE
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Today is Learning Disability Nursing Day in the UK. Please consider joining our wonderful profession. More info here healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore… and here learningdisabilitynurse.co.u… #chooseLDNursing #RNLD #LDNDay @ukldcnn @WeLDnurses @rcni @NursingTimes
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Happy Learning Disability Nurse Day 🎉 A day to celebrate all the wonderful RNLD and the amazing work we do!
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👏 On Learning Disability Nursing Day, the Health Minister has thanked LD Nurses for their 'vital role ensuring people with learning disabilities receive the care and support they need'. 👇 Minister Nesbitt said LD Nurses "make a profound difference every single day".
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Are you joining our FREE webinar with @RoseUnwin @jimgblair looking at the history of inhumanity towards people with learning disabilities and the actions we need to take? Book on at learningdisabilitytoday.co.u…
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Enter yourself, encourage a colleague or friend and please share. Let's celebrate the work and successes of learning disability nurses.bjnawards.co.uk/active/en/pa… bjnawards.co.uk/active/en/pa…
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A huge thank you to all who signed and helped prepare this important letter. 💙 Together we can raise awareness, influence change & protect people with a learning disability. Read more 👇 mencap.org.uk/press-release/… #ChooseLDNursing @ukldcnn
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Excited for Nursing Live, where Gwen Moulster OBE amd I will present our team's @rcnf funded research project; UCAN. This collaborative project developed educational tools to aid individuals with learning disabilities to access urgent & emergency care. lnkd.in/eSDW_rxf
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