1. Peter Griffin Discipline Lead, learning Disability Nursing School of Nursing and Midwifery Queen ’ s University Belfast 90975811 p.griffin@qub.ac.uk

2. 5 Health and Social Care Trusts (Population of Northern Ireland 1.8 million)

3. Structure of Health and Social Care services in Northern Ireland Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety Public Health Agency / Health and Social Care Board Five Health and Social Care Trusts Local Commissioning Groups Population: 1.8 million people 16 636 people with learning disability (2003 administrative prevalence) 85% of people live at home or with relatives

4. QUB Queen’s University, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Belfast is the sole provider of pre-registration Learning Disability Nursing in Northern Ireland. (since 1997) Students may gain practice experience within each of the 5 Trusts All Fields will gain Learning Disability Nursing experience through enhancement, spoke opportunities and co-operative learning with significant service user involvement Post-registration learning opportunities are available. University of Ulster offers post-registration opportunities as well.

5. Practice Experience Although three hospital sites remain, Muckamore Abbey, Antrim Longstone, Armagh Lakeview, Derry They are now mainly refurbished and functioning as Treatment and Assessment Units. Majority of experience gained within Community nursing service within each Trust area & independent,voluntary and charitable establishments across Northern Ireland

6. Current numbers of students (Learning Disability) 30 commissioned places each September Following a recent recruitment campaign and a move to a September intake, student numbers have increased dramatically!

7. UU Adult and mental health students at Ulster Opportunities for nursing students to engage with people who have learning disabilities worksheets to demonstrate students work with people with learning disability across year one, two and three Use of Lilliput theatre company

8. ‘Bringing it all back home’

9. The 2010 NMC standards for pre-registration give us an opportunity to bring the competencies required to care for people with a learning disability closer to the family of nursing and place particular emphasis within the other three fields and including midwifery.

10. Shift happens! (and that’s not a spelling mistake)

11. The challenges ahead? Ensuring Learning Disability nursing has significant presence in other fields particularly in Schools where Learning Disability nursing is not commissioned. Ensuring the experience of families and carers is used to drive up standards shift attitudes and ensure that people with learning disabilities are treated with dignity and respect Joining the patches

12. ‘ ‘Making it personal’ Owen Barr – University of Ulster

13. Finally a few pics.........

14. Titanic signature building

15. That’s my new house!

16. The AV suite!