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âMisplaced fearâ, not cost, is stopping employers hiring people with a learning disability
Employers across the UK are being held back from hiring people with a learning disability by a âmisplaced fearâ of getting it wrong, not by cost or capability, new polling reveals. The survey of more than 1,600 UK employers, conducted by Survation for the learning disability charity Mencap1, shows a clear gap between positive attitudes and real-world action.
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SEN Magazine22d agoLack of learning-disability nurses in UK is an âabsolute crisisâ, says union
Exclusive: Royal College of Nursing says 1.5m vulnerable people not getting the right care, as specialism is âconsistently underminedâ The specialist learning-disability nurse workforce is in âabsolute crisisâ with the number of specialist nurses falling by a third across the UK since 2009, leaving many vulnerable adults with inadequate care, according to a
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SEN Magazine22d ago