UPDATE: The All England Plan for Learning Disability Nursing

/ George Matuska / Leave a comment

Dear community of practice followers

Yesterday I had the pleasure of chairing the national shared decision-making council for learning disability nursing in which we received a very helpful update from David Harling and Ellie Gordon on the All England Plan for Learning Disability Nursing. They were both keen that we shared these far and wide so feel free to click here to download the PDF version of the update or review the slides below.

Best regards

George Matuska (RNLD, KSSLDCoP steering group member)

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The Chief Nursing Officer for England is developing a strategy that will set out a strategic direction for nurses: Learning Disability Nurses SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS

/ George Matuska / Leave a comment

Dear colleague, at the CNO Summit last month, Dame Ruth May, Chief Nursing Officer for England, committed to developing a strategy that will set out a strategic direction for nurses, midwives and nursing associates across health and social care for the next 3-5 years. We’re keen to ensure the strategy is developed with, and by, the professionals to reflect their experiences and aspirations. It is important that we define the future role of nursing and midwifery in leading and delivering high-quality care across health and social care.

This needs to be a strategy developed and owned by all nurses, midwives and nursing associates and it will be informed by the strategic drivers in England including government policy and the NHS Long Term Plan as well as international evidence.

We have launched an engagement exercise to capture views on relevant priority areas and key enablers. This will be based around a small number of high-level priority themes to frame the discussion which have been developed in partnership with my senior nursing team. The themes are:

  • Workforce and people
  • System leadership and integration
  • Health equity, prevention and population health management
  • Person centred practice and improving outcomes

Your views are important and we would encourage you to get involved by responding to this survey. More information, as well as the link to the survey is available here: https://www.good-governance.org.uk/teamCNO

We would also really welcome you sharing this across your own local networks so that they are aware of this work and have an opportunity to share their thoughts with us too.

Best Wishes

David Harling | National Deputy Director for Learning Disability Nursing

National Nursing Directorate of the Chief Nursing Officer for England  

NHS England & NHS Improvement  

Twitter: @DavidHarling1  

Job vacancy: LD/A Commissioner and C(E)TR Chair, NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board

/ Marina Russ / Leave a comment

See job advert here – closing date 3rd November 

Job summary

This post is an integral part of ensuring the success of the Learning Disability and Autism (LDA) Programme and sets expectations for reducing the number of in-patients with a learning disability (LD) and / or autism across Kent and Medway.

Care and Treatment Reviews (CTRs) and Care, Education and Treatment Reviews (CETRs) are part of NHS Englands commitment to transforming services for people with learning disabilities, autism or both. CTRs are adult based reviews and CETRs are for children and young people 5-18 years. The post holder will chair both types of reviews for people living in the community who are at risk of admission to hospital and for in-patients in learning disability and mental health hospitals.

The post holder will assist the NHS Kent & Medway ICB with performance compliance by ensuring CTR/CETRs are carried out on time and to a high standard.

The post holder will also support the LDA Project Management Office (PMO) with delivery of projects to expand and improve the quality and range of services and support for people with LD or autism.

The role will involve working with a wide range of people, patients, families and partner agencies with the ultimate goal of improving the lives of people with learning disability and autism.

New members wanted for the NHS England learning disability and autism advisory group

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The NHS England learning disability and autism advisory group are looking for autistic people, people with a learning disability and family carers to join the group. They want people who can share their experiences of health services to improve the health system. They want to include members with links to groups and networks of people the NHS doesn’t always listen to. For example, people who have more severe learning disabilities and people from different ethnic backgrounds.  

For more information see Learning disability and autism advisory group – NHS England – Citizen Space