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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Rebecca Thomas

Loss of NHS specialist nurses will lead to deaths of people with learning disabilities, experts warn

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More hospital patients with learning disabilities will die if politicians do not tackle the “devastating collapse” in specialist nurse numbers, a leading charity and a union have warned.

The number of specialist learning disability nurses working in the NHS has dropped by 44 per cent over the course of the Conservative party’s time in government, a new analysis by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has revealed.

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