Independent regulators of care quality

2018 ◽  
pp. 559-572
Author(s):  
Owen Barr ◽  
Bob Gates
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Care Quality ◽  
Republic Of Ireland ◽  
People With Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Uk

This chapter provides an overview of the role of the independent care regulators across the UK and the Republic of Ireland. It provides information on arrangements for care regulators within the specific jurisdictions of Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland. This chapter outlines the role of the independent care regulators in both inspecting and supporting the development of quality in services. Nurses for people with intellectual disabilities need to have a rounded and balanced understanding of the role of these care regulators, as well as the standards and resources they provide, in order to maximize the quality of care provided to people with intellectual disabilities.

A practical example of an open disclosure process for people with intellectual disabilities in the Republic of Ireland

2021 ◽  
pp. 174462952110189
Author(s):  
Feabhra Mullally ◽  
Deirdre Corby
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Republic Of Ireland ◽  
Open Disclosure ◽  
The Usa ◽  
People With Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Adults With Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Communication Needs ◽  
The Uk

Literature pertaining to open disclosure predominantly refers to acute care settings; this is the case in, for example, the UK, Republic of Ireland, Australia, Korea and the USA. There is, however, a dearth of literature regarding open disclosure related to people with intellectual disabilities. A practice example of open disclosure is presented here, following a serious adverse event in an organisation supporting adults with intellectual disabilities. The aim of the process was to openly disclose in a meaningful way to adults with significant intellectual disabilities and communication difficulties. An apology pathway was developed by a multidisciplinary team based on individual communication needs. A suite of resources was developed including easy read-picture agendas and sign language to support increased understanding of the apology. Service users received the apology first, followed by meetings with their families. This practice example has positive implications for service providers for people with intellectual disabilities.

scholarly journals Oxford Handbook of Learning and Intellectual Disability Nursing

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Community Services ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Republic Of Ireland ◽  
Active Involvement ◽  
Authoritative Text ◽  
People With Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Uk

The Oxford Handbook of Learning and Intellectual Disability Nursing, 2nd edition, has been comprehensively updated throughout and brings together the contributions of leading practitioners and academics from the UK, the Republic of Ireland, and further beyond, in an authoritative text that provides essential facts and information on nurses working with people with intellectual disabilities. A unique aspect to this Oxford Handbook is the continuing attention given to differences in legislation and social policy across the jurisdiction of the constituent countries of the UK, as well as the Republic of Ireland. The landscape for the practice of nursing has never been so complex, and given this complexity of context and practice, the Oxford Handbook of Learning and Intellectual Disability Nursing continues to offer students and newly qualified practitioners alike up-to-date and concise, practical applied knowledge, as well as theoretical information, about working in a person-centred way with people with intellectual disabilities and their families/carers in order to promote their physical and mental health, improve their quality of life and their active involvement in decisions about their care, and support their access to general healthcare and community services. This handbook will be of use in the very many areas where nurses for people with learning/intellectual disabilities are located. It will also be of use to a wider range of other health and/or social care professionals, who often seek an authoritative text that provides essential facts and information on working with people with intellectual disabilities.

The law

2018 ◽  
pp. 477-524
Author(s):  
Owen Barr ◽  
Bob Gates
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Vulnerable Group ◽  
Republic Of Ireland ◽  
People With Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Uk

All citizens are required to act within the law and simultaneously are protected by the law. However, as a potentially vulnerable group, people with intellectual disabilities are sometimes identified specifically in law for their protection. More general legislation is sometimes highly relevant to people with intellectual disabilities and can impinge on the practice of the nurse for people with intellectual disabilities. This chapter presents a thorough overview of a range of primary legislation relevant for students and nurses for people with intellectual disabilities. Where appropriate, relevant legislation is outlined for each of the jurisdictions of the UK and the Republic of Ireland. Where a student finds an omission for the jurisdiction in which they are working, they will find helpful resources and may also find it useful to append their own notes to the sections within the chapter; the layout of the book has been designed for students to make relevant notes on.

Agricultural Policy Networks of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland

1995 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 664-682 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil Collins
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Agricultural Policy ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Policy Networks ◽  
Republic Of Ireland ◽  
European Literature ◽  
The Republic

This paper provides an analytical framework within which to understand the contrasting way farmers' interests are aggregated and articulated in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The analysis draws on the dominant European literature on state-farmer relations which emphasizes the role of policy networks and explores whether the concepts of pluralism or corporatism best characterize policy making in the two states.

Northern Ireland and ‘Ulster Nationalism’

2020 ◽  
pp. 186-201
Author(s):  
David Torrance
Keyword(s):  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Free State ◽  
Home Rule ◽  
Republic Of Ireland ◽  
Irish Free State ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Uk

Many analysts of the politics of Northern Ireland have argued that there exists some form of ‘Ulster nationalism’, particularly among Ulster Unionists. After 1886, when Gladstone promised Home Rule for Ireland, Unionists fashioned an Ulster identity predicated on Protestantism and ‘loyalty’ to the British Crown. This was contrasted with the ‘disloyalty’ of Catholics in what would become the Republic of Ireland. This form of ‘nationalist unionism’ was more ethnic in character than the civic variety which existed in Scotland and Wales. It too contained contradictions, not least its suspicion of Westminster and paranoia as to the intentions of successive UK governments towards the constitutional status of Northern Ireland. At various points after 1921, some Ulster Unionists even toyed with the idea of Northern Ireland becoming a ‘Dominion’ (like the Irish Free State) or else pursuing some other form of ‘independence’ from the UK.

National occupational standards and professional requirements

2018 ◽  
pp. 547-558
Author(s):  
Owen Barr ◽  
Bob Gates
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Practice ◽  
Management Education ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Advanced Nursing Practice ◽  
Professional Requirements ◽  
People With Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Occupational Standards ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Uk

Nurses for people with intellectual disabilities are autonomous and accountable practitioners, and in order to behave in a professional manner, they need to be aware of, and remain up-to-date with, the requirements of, and resources from, the professional bodies that regulate their practice. This chapter provides an overview of the role of the professional regulators of nursing in the UK and the Republic of Ireland and the continuing importance of this to registered nurses. It also explores the need for nurses to engage in continuing professional development and outlines opportunities for career development in areas, including specialist and advanced nursing practice, management, education, and research.

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