http://www.nursingtimes.net http://www.nursingtimes.net http://www.nursingtimes.net/magazine/graphics/logo.png http://www.nursingtimes.net http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/mental-health/restraint-techniques-need-national-accreditation/5057902.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/mental-health/restraint-techniques-need-national-accreditation/5057902.article Almost 100% of voting members at the Royal College of Nursing Congress have backed a resolution calling for national guidelines on restraint of patients. sarah.calkin@emap.com (Sarah Calkin) Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:52 GMT http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/mental-health/cqc-warns-lack-of-understanding-of-mental-capacity-act/5056835.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/mental-health/cqc-warns-lack-of-understanding-of-mental-capacity-act/5056835.article People with mental illness or learning disabilities may be being deprived on their liberties, regulators warned after they found that there is a “widespread” lack of understanding about the Mental Capacity Act. Thu, 28 Mar 2013 12:00 GMT http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/learning-disability/former-winterbourne-view-operator-put-in-administration/5055828.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/learning-disability/former-winterbourne-view-operator-put-in-administration/5055828.article The care home company that ran Winterbourne View has been put into administration. steve.ford@emap.com (Steve Ford) Wed, 6 Mar 2013 11:04 GMT http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/learning-disability/manager-wins-unfair-dismissal-claim-in-winterbourne-view-case/5054998.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/learning-disability/manager-wins-unfair-dismissal-claim-in-winterbourne-view-case/5054998.article The Winterbourne View whistleblower was described as a potential “spanner in the works” by one of the care home’s regional managers, case notes from an employment tribunal have revealed. sarah.calkin@emap.com (Sarah Calkin) Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:01 GMT http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/continence/new-child-continence-guidance/5053965.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/continence/new-child-continence-guidance/5053965.article Guidance has been developed on dealing with continence issues in children with ano-rectal malformations often associated with Down’s Syndrome. steve.ford@emap.com (Steve Ford) Fri, 25 Jan 2013 08:51 GMT http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/management/scottish-nhs-will-foot-criminal-checks-fee-for-nurses/5053146.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/management/scottish-nhs-will-foot-criminal-checks-fee-for-nurses/5053146.article Scottish nurses are to have their registration fees for a criminal records disclosure service paid for by the NHS. Fri, 21 Dec 2012 10:06 GMT http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/learning-disability/lamb-learning-disability-hospitals-should-be-throttled/5052780.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/learning-disability/lamb-learning-disability-hospitals-should-be-throttled/5052780.article Alternative facilities should be commissioned for the majority of people with learning disabilities or autism who currently live in larger inpatient hospitals, the care services minister has said. david.williams@emap.com (David Williams) Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:37 GMT http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/learning-disability/rapid-reduction-in-hospital-care-planned-post-winterbourne-view/5052666.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/learning-disability/rapid-reduction-in-hospital-care-planned-post-winterbourne-view/5052666.article The treatment of all people with learning disabilities receiving inpatient care is to be reviewed, ahead of a drive to rapidly reduce hospital placements and increase community provision. david.williams@emap.com (David Williams) Mon, 10 Dec 2012 07:40 GMT http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/learning-disability/winterbourne-nurse-whistleblower-given-job-by-cqc/5051854.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/learning-disability/winterbourne-nurse-whistleblower-given-job-by-cqc/5051854.article The whistleblowing nurse who exposed poor care at the Winterbourne View Hospital has been given a job by the Care Quality Commission. shaun.lintern@emap.com (Shaun Lintern) Thu, 15 Nov 2012 07:00 GMT http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/learning-disability/winterbourne-view-nurses-jailed/5051165.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/learning-disability/winterbourne-view-nurses-jailed/5051165.article Two nurses who admitted wilfully neglecting patients with learning disabilities at Winterbourne View hospital have been jailed. sarah.calkin@emap.com (Sarah Calkin) Fri, 26 Oct 2012 19:18 GMT http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/childrens-nursing/legal-challenge-to-virgin-childrens-services-contract/5050247.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/childrens-nursing/legal-challenge-to-virgin-childrens-services-contract/5050247.article A primary care trust’s decision to award a £132m contract for children’s services to Virgin Care is to be challenged in court next week. sarah.calkin@emap.com (Sarah Calkin) Fri, 5 Oct 2012 09:12 GMT http://www.nursingtimes.net/nurse-helps-bulgarian-childrens-charity/5048736.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/nurse-helps-bulgarian-childrens-charity/5048736.article A Shropshire nurse is heading to Bulgaria next month to help abandoned children with learning difficulties. steve.ford@emap.com (Steve Ford) Fri, 31 Aug 2012 07:00 GMT http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/end-of-life-and-palliative-care/trust-wins-treatment-intervention-ruling/5048145.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/end-of-life-and-palliative-care/trust-wins-treatment-intervention-ruling/5048145.article A health trust has won a court ruling that medical staff do not have to forcibly give a seriously ill man the life-prolonging treatment he is resisting. Fri, 10 Aug 2012 11:11 GMT http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/learning-disability/winterbourne-view-report-calls-for-ban-on-physical-restraint/5048058.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/learning-disability/winterbourne-view-report-calls-for-ban-on-physical-restraint/5048058.article The government should consider banning the use of certain forms of restraint on patients with learning disabilities, a review into failings surrounding the abuse of patients at Winterbourne View has recommended. sarah.calkin@emap.com (Sarah Calkin) Tue, 7 Aug 2012 17:43 GMT http://www.nursingtimes.net/winterbourne-cases-spark-call-for-closure-of-learning-disability-institutions/5048017.article?referrer=RSS http://www.nursingtimes.net/winterbourne-cases-spark-call-for-closure-of-learning-disability-institutions/5048017.article Another care home scandal like Winterbourne View could happen again unless the government takes action, campaigners warned today. 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