(Subscription Required) We often talk about the need for health and social care employers to be more inclusive in terms of ethnicity or sexuality, but I’ve been reminded recently of another group, one that perhaps gets less attention, despite often being in plain sight...
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(Subscription Required) Plans to launch a new network for nurses who are neurodiverse are back on track after taking a pause due to Covid-19, and those behind the project are also seeking other changes to support these staff. NeuroDiverse Nurses UK is a group set up in…
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Following the untimely death of her youngest child Oliver, Paula has dedicated her life to campaigning for better health care for people who have autism and learning disabilities. Read Oliver's story here.
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A senior nurse with Asperger’s syndrome is seeking to set up a new national forum to support colleagues with similar conditions and to make the NHS a better place to work for neurodiverse staff.
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A must read document. Latest peer support guide
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Following Oliver's Campaign all NHS and social care workers will now receive mandatory training on understanding learning disability and autism.
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A student nurse is calling on NHS trusts to do more to help make working life less stressful for professionals like himself who have a neurodivergence
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Oliver’s story identified the necessity for awareness training of Learning Disabilities &/or Autism that all healthcare professionals require to allow person-centred care to be delivered to patients in our care.
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Companies are being encouraged to re-think the way they approach hiring, in order to encourage greater neurodiversity in the workplace.
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Neurological diversity is a biological fact. Neurological function varies between individuals just like other human traits. The difference is that neurological diversity has gone unrecognized until recently, while physical diversity has always been plain to see.
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14 steps to follow to hire more women and ethnic minorities.
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Large trust adds a neurodiversity toolkit to their staff's intranet on world autism day
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Learn more about how Joan Pons Laplana seeks to add value to neurodiverse nurses
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The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the extant literature on the effects of social media use for health related reasons on patients and their relationship with healthcare professionals.
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