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Workshops aim to improve health care for patients
with learning disabilities
Keele University has been awarded almost £50,000 to
help train up to 240 healthcare professionals working with
patients with learning disabilities in North Staffordshire.
The funding, from the Staffordshire and Shropshire Locality
Board, means that a team of experts - including people with
learning disabilities and their parents - can develop and deliver
eight one-day workshops to improve the knowledge and skills
of health workers across the University Hospital of North Staffordshire.
The bespoke learning package will help staff identify and
meet the needs of patients with learning disabilities and supports
the educational toolkit My
Next Patient has a Learning Disability: A Toolkit for Supporting
People with Learning Disabilities, launched in May this
year.
Project lead Dr Sue Read, Reader in Learning Disability Nursing
at Keele University's School of Nursing and Midwifery, said: "The
workshops will promote best practice in terms of developing
therapeutic relationships and communication with people with
learning disabilities and their families and assist health
care professionals to recognise factors affecting perceptions
of individuals' quality of life."
Evaluation will include a before and after analysis by a panel
comprising people with learning disabilities, carers, healthcare
practitioners with expertise in learning disabilities, representation
from senior management of the acute hospital trust and staff
from the school of Nursing and Midwifery involved in the project.
ENDS
For further information contact Dr Sue Read on 01782 556653
or s.c.read@nur.keele.ac.uk
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