Russell Woolgar
@russwo.bsky.social
Proud semi retired learning disability nurse with an interest in sharing research, good practice and thoughtful information.
🚨Your GP practice can keep your health data out of US-spy tech company Palantir's hands. As legal data controllers, your GP can block your records being extracted into the US spy tech company's NHS platform. Our new toolkit shows you how to ask ⬇️ justtreatment.org/gp-letter
GP Letter Toolkit — Just Treatment
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Report Launch – Building a Bridge: How to end the cliff edge of transition between children’s and adult services for young people with learning disabilities in England
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…
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Listening saves lives: learning disability nursing and lessons from the 2026 Ockenden Report - Learning Disability Today
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...
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Why learning disability nurses are essential – and how you can become one | Jillian Pawlyn
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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The Government’s failed to recognise the 1.3 million young people with Developmental Language Disorder in its SEND reforms. That’s two in every 30 children… Missing. Forgotten. Left behind. You have the power to change this. Demand action from your local MP now!👇 https://bit.ly/4cwvHLP
Email your MP and help them find the missing million: speechandlanguage.eaction.org.uk/the-missing-...
Email your MP and help them find the missing million
Speech and Language UK is the operating name of I CAN Charity, a registered charity in England and Wales (210031) and Scotland (SC039947), which is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (00099629). Registered address: 17-21 Wenlock Road, London, N1 7GT.
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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… | Th...
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...
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Learning Disability Nursing Study - Adult Social Care Nursing
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...
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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… | Dr Ben...
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...
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A practitioners’ definition of Positive Behaviour Support
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...
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Adapting Psychological Therapies for Individuals With Intellectual Disabilities: A Systematic Review
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...
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A study about identifying psychological trauma for people with a learning disability. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @newcastleuni.bsky.social
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💭 70% of people with psychosis experience distressing intrusive images, yet therapy rarely targets them. Imagery-focused therapy (tested in the iMAPS-2 trial) could change that, offering new ways to reduce distress and support recovery: buff.ly/jbM0TRo #Psychosis #MentalHealthResearch #CBTp
The wealth gap between rich and poor increased by over 50% from 2011 to 2021, to over £11.5 trillion. Find out more about the impacts on our society, economy, democracy and environment, and what we can do about it, from our updated Wealth Gap Risk Register.
Wealth Gap Risk Register 2025
An online resource that collates evidence about the impacts of wealth inequality, the solutions and public attitudes to all of the above
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The average age of onset of dementia in a person with Down’s syndrome is early/mid 50s. The average age of a care home resident in the UK is 86. You can see the challenge. Read our blog about learning disability, dementia and care homes and access the free recommended resource. bit.ly/3HajNuW
Care Homes and Learning Disability - Yes or No? - SquarePeg Training
Karen Watchman blogs about how appropriate care homes may be for people with a learning disability and advancing dementia
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30. Order your FREE printed end of life care planning toolkit!
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...
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The LeDeR report is finally out. Do note the changes in reporting as they have included stats from 2021-2023. #LearningDisability www.kcl.ac.uk/research/leder
Learning from Lives and Deaths – people with a learning disability and autistic people (LeDeR)
The latest annual LeDeR report in collaboration with our academic partners on behalf of NHS England.
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