After Winterbourne View NHS England said that they would review every person with a learning disability who currently lives in an NHS service.

NHS England are looking for two groups of people to help with this reviewing :-

1) Experts by Experience – People with learning disabilities, family carers and advocacy organisations and

2) Learning Disability Professionals and Clinicians such as Learning Disability Nurses, social workers, psychologists, Occupational Therapists amongst others.

This work will be paid, either directly to the person or as back fill to your current employer.

There are two documents that may help you make a decision about this. Click on the links below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you are interested in becoming an Expert Reviewer then please contact Kate Linsky kate@linsky.org.uk   07918 766929

If you are interested in becoming a Clinical Reviewer then please contact Alison Sargeant via email alison.sargeant1@nhs.net

For Further Information please contact Kevin Elliott via email kevin.elliott@nhs.net or phone 01138253501

Please see below for an exciting research opportunity! Contact Laura if interested.

Research Advert 03.09.2014

Earlier on this year the Community of Practice shared the workshop events for the above project that is run by England Centre for Practice Development, Canterbury Christ Church University, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, South East Coast Ambulance Services and Commissioners of Primary Care funded by Health Education England – Kent Sussex and Surrey.

People with learning disabilities and professionals were represented in these meetings, and as the consultation period comes to an end, the project team would like to gather the views of those that were not able to attend.

A Survey has been set up which should take no longer than 5 minutes to complete and is open to everybody!

 

 

Kent and Medway Partnership NHS Trust have recently advertised three mental health in learning disability Nursing posts on NHS Jobs- submission deadline 13th October.

For more details of these see NHS Jobs