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@suebridges.bsky.social

Founder of #chooseLDNursing. Independent Consultant Learning Disability Nurse. Posting in a personal capacity.

230 Followers  |  215 Following  |  40 Posts  |  Joined: 23.11.2024  |  2.2221

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Petition: Fund a full bursary and maintenance fund to train Learning Disability Nurses At a time when the demand across health and social care is so high, numbers entering the LD nursing profession are too low. To halt this decline, support the profession with a full bursary and maintenance fund. Now is time for action.

One more month before the petition ends surely more than 3127 people want to save LD Nursing! Anyone can sign and only takes 20 seconds!! SIGN AND SHARE 🙏🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

31.08.2025 16:50 — 👍 3    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Petition: Fund a full bursary and maintenance fund to train Learning Disability Nurses At a time when the demand across health and social care is so high, numbers entering the LD nursing profession are too low. To halt this decline, support the profession with a full bursary and mainten...

2028 is only three years away when experts predict there will be no universities training Learning Disability Nurses!! Let that sink in then jump into action! Sign and share our petition 🙏🙏🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

17.06.2025 22:07 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Petition: Fund a full bursary and maintenance fund to train Learning Disability Nurses At a time when the demand across health and social care is so high, numbers entering the LD nursing profession are too low. To halt this decline, support the profession with a full bursary and mainten...

Do you see me?
Absolutely we see you. We are here to support you to be seen by others too.

Do you see me?
There are very few of us specialist nurses around to support you.

Support us to support you.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

#LDWeek25 #LDWeek2025 #chooseLDNursing

17.06.2025 04:59 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Sign and share our petition to save our fantastic profession
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

24.05.2025 22:15 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Learning disability nursing crisis leaving gaps in care, RCN says | News | Royal College of Nursing The RCN calls on the UK government to invest in and reimagine the learning disability nursing specialty, as course-acceptances and staff numbers are shown to be falling at an alarming rate.

www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...

24.05.2025 21:26 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1
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Petition: Fund a full bursary and maintenance fund to train Learning Disability Nurses At a time when the demand across health and social care is so high, numbers entering the LD nursing profession are too low. To halt this decline, support the profession with a full bursary and mainten...

Please sign and share our petition to support the future of Learning Disability Nursing it only takes 20 seconds and any member of the public can sign it ! 🙏🙏🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

22.04.2025 21:05 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

It’s a shame Colin doesn’t do social media - he could help save the profession ! 😊

21.04.2025 22:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Sadly there are still so many gaps on the map of people who have not yet signed. Please share widely and let’s fill those gaps!

Remember ANYONE can sign and support the future of #LearningDisability #Nursing

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7158…

#chooseLDnursing #SaveOurProfession

21.04.2025 22:03 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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Here is a QR code so you can easily share this petition with friends and colleagues. It takes 20 seconds to complete, costs nothing, but makes a huge difference in raising our profile @suebridges.bsky.social @pnewt.bsky.social #ChooseLDNursing

16.04.2025 06:58 — 👍 5    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 2

Thank you so much.☺️

13.04.2025 19:34 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Petition: Fund a full bursary and maintenance fund to train Learning Disability Nurses At a time when the demand across health and social care is so high, numbers entering the LD nursing profession are too low. To halt this decline, support the profession with a full bursary and mainten...

There are no #LearningDisability #Nurses left.

Imagine

There are worse #healthinequalities for people with a learning disability

Imagine

Save our valued profession now. Your action will take two minutes but will last a lifetime.

Thank you

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

13.04.2025 12:54 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 1

Thanks Amy 👍

10.04.2025 13:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Petition: Fund a full bursary and maintenance fund to train Learning Disability Nurses At a time when the demand across health and social care is so high, numbers entering the LD nursing profession are too low. To halt this decline, support the profession with a full bursary and mainten...

This is despicable 😢

I wondered if they employed RNLDs, the posts advertised are for registered nurses, not specialists. There are not enough LD Nurses to fill posts. We need to save this branch of nursing, provide high quality care and save lives.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

10.04.2025 12:44 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

@neilj745.bsky.social

09.04.2025 19:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I got the East of England covered. We need Daniel Marsden and @stevehardyldn.bsky.social on it for Kent!

09.04.2025 18:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

On the back of the RCN congress perhaps they can promote this petition?

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

#chooseLDNursing

09.04.2025 16:54 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you ❤️

09.04.2025 16:50 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Here are the locations of people who have signed the petition! Let's fill the whole map! Anyone can sign please encourage everyone to sign.

Save Learning Disability Nursing !!🙏🙏🙏

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

06.04.2025 10:26 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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Petition: Fund a full bursary and maintenance fund to train Learning Disability Nurses At a time when the demand across health and social care is so high, numbers entering the LD nursing profession are too low. To halt this decline, support the profession with a full bursary and mainten...

This will help getting a government discussion if enough people sign please share…
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

04.04.2025 15:16 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Petition: Fund a full bursary and maintenance fund to train Learning Disability Nurses At a time when the demand across health and social care is so high, numbers entering the LD nursing profession are too low. To halt this decline, support the profession with a full bursary and mainten...

There are 17,000 Learning Disability Nurses on the #NMC register. If everyone signed, the government has to respond.

It’s not just for RNLDs to sign, people with a #LearningDisability, parents and carers, make you voice heard. ANYONE can sign. Do it today 🙏🏼
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

03.04.2025 21:58 — 👍 5    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0

With just over 3000 #LearningDisability #Nurses working in the #NHS please encourage people to sign.We need the government to discuss.We need to save this valued profession & in turn save lives @learningdiseng.bsky.social @oliverscampaign.bsky.social @rcncareers.bsky.social @rcnldnursing.bsky.social

03.04.2025 14:45 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Please sign and share this petition - it’s vitally important we save this profession #chooseLDNursing

01.04.2025 20:22 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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The economic contributions of learning disability nurses | RCN Foundation | Royal College of Nursing LSE were awarded funding to undertake a study exploring the economic case for investing in building the Registered Nurse for Learning Disability (RNLD) workforce capacity.

rcnfoundation.rcn.org.uk/Research-pro...

#chooseLDNursing

24.02.2025 08:58 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1

Pleased to be joining BlueSky! This account is run by members of the RCN Learning Disability Nursing Forum Steering Committee to share info on learning disability nursing related issues.

03.02.2025 13:46 — 👍 14    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Today was our first NHS England (East) Learning Disability Nurse Forum. Thank you
Dr Sarah McGloin for coming to talk about the @rcnfoundation.bsky.social
Inclusive Health research projects. Great work underway.

19.02.2025 17:37 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

There needs to be a dislike button! 😢

12.01.2025 14:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Looking forward to today’s #LDSymp7 lots of great speakers.

12.12.2024 09:44 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

So happy to see you here where the skies are blue! 🦋 Welcome!! 🤗

08.12.2024 20:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The new commitment document is fairly imminent so you’ll be able to see the national plans then. Obviously our EoE #chooseLDNursing group has a clear action plan. See you at the next meeting on 10th for regional updates. 😊

28.11.2024 19:02 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0
Twitter Why become a learning disability nurse? Videos have been produced @DanceSyndrome @NHSEngland to promote the profession. Here husband and wife Lauretta and Jerry Ofulue @otitoforever explain what motivated them to choose this field of practice. @jimgblair https://t.co/ijwyVbeg8i

Be like Lauretta and #chooseLDNursing

28.11.2024 00:56 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

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