Time to listen: Nursing people with learning disabilities

Do people with learning difficulties receive the support they require, and what more must be done to make sure their wishes are central to their care? Do we really listen to what people with learning difficulties are saying and how can the nursing profession continue to help support service users? What can we learn from scandals impacting people with learning disabilities, and how they have been affected during the COVID-19 pandemic? Special guests Scott Watkin from the charity Seeability and Consultant Learning Disability Nurse Jim Blair join us to spotlight what needs urgently fixing in learning disability nursing. Nursing Matters is presented by PNC chair Rachel Hollis and Mary Codling. We want know what YOU want us to discuss on the podcast. Let us know by tweeting @theRCN with the tag #NursingMatters. • “People with learning disabilities now have a voice – but whether we’re listened to is another matter.” – Scott Watkin • “I see no evidence that professionals really are tuning into the needs of people with learning disabilities… There’s a massive deficit in their learning.” – Jim Blair • “People with learning disabilities had to fight to get the jabs they needed, because government was not prioritising us.” – Scott Watkin • “Doctors have put Do Not Resuscitate orders on people with learning disorders… There’s a presumption that we’re third class citizens.” – Scott Watkin Presented by Rachel Hollis and Mary Codling. Audio production by Alex Rees. Assistant producer Jelena Sofronijevic. Music: ‘Snappy’ by Jonathan Boyle under licence from premiumbeat.com. Nursing Matters is a Podmasters Production for the RCN. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices