A unique journal for nurses and carers of people with learning disabilities, Learning Disability Practice provides its readers with up-to-date coverage of the
Learning disabilityMental health lawForensicCriminal justiceIntellectual disabilityPurposeThis paper aims to investigate the use of Part VI of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (CPSA) for people with Learning Disability (LD) and/or Autism. This is in the context of a recent review ...
“In May this year, a study for Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People (SCCYP) highlighted that bullying of children who have a disability, including name calling and physical attacks, remains prevalent and acts as a major barrier to their social inclusion.” Health Se...
As we respond to the climate emergency, and the pressing need to create new green jobs, Scottish Union Learning is working with The Open University in Scotland and STUC to develop a webinar on upskilling and re-skilling in the workplace. Health & Safety: Regulation, Enforcement, Unions and ...
This presentation introduced the fringe event to the complexities of health inequality and inequity in learning disabilities, pointing in particular to the chronic and corrosive shortage of learning disability nursing, that has not been adequately addressed by the DH and, or, the NHS. The presentation...
Journal of Intellectual Disability ResearchBrown, M., MacArthur, J., McKechanie, A., Mack, S., Hayes, M. and Fletcher, J. (2011) Learning Disability Liaison Nursing Services in south- east Scotland: A mixed-methods impact and outcome study. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research. doi:...
Mental health lawLearning disabilityAutismThis paper aims to investigate the use of Part VI of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (CPSA) for people with Learning Disability (LD) and/or Autism. This is in the context of a recent review commissioned by the Scottish Government into ...
ScotlandA national review of learning disability services in Scotland, The Same As You? recommended that Health Boards should close all long stay beds by 2005 and reduce assessment and treatment places to specified levels. A psychiatry-led service planning study was carried out in 2007 to find ...
doi:10.1108/13595474200300003Hunter, SusanDiploma in Social Work, University of EdinburghStalker, KirstenDiploma in Social Work, University of EdinburghTizard Learning Disability ReviewHunter, S. & Stalker, K. (2003) Response to `Progress with Learning Disability Hospital Closures in Scotland'. Tizard...
doi:10.1179/096979511798967124Riaz, SadufBradley, LouiseNawab, KhalidRoutledgeBritish Journal of Developmental DisabilitiesSadufRiaz, LouiseBradley, KhalidNawab. (2011) Monitoring of Physical Health in Learning Disability Patients on Antipsychotic Treatment in Lanarkshire, Scotland. The British Journal of ...