Leadership in learning disability nursing
Phil Boulter Co-ordinator of nursing and manager of outreach services, Lifecare NHS Trust, Caterham, Surrey
Helen Cook Manager/nurse adviser of community services, Merton and Sutton Community NHS Trust
The changing leadership role of nurses caring for people with learning disabilities is discussed by Phil Boulter and Helen Cook
Everyone is familiar with the enormous pace of change affecting NHS services brought about by the White Papers Working for Patients (DoH, 1989a), Caring for People - Community Care in the Next Decade and Beyond (DoH, 1989b), The NHS and Community Care Act (DoH 1989c), The Patient’s Charter (DoH 1995a), Priorities & Planning Guidance for the NHS 1996/97 (DoH 1995b), and the advent of trust status. However, within NHS services for people with learning disabilities dramatic culture shifts were taking place well before these centre-led initiatives.
Nursing Management.
4, 1, 12-13.
doi: 10.7748/nm.4.1.12.s11
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