Vulnerable people
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Publications
Mental health nursing of adults with learning disabilities (PDF 472KB) [How to access PDF files]
RCN resources
Asylum seekers and refugees guidance
Best Practice Gallery - Good practice in the care of older people
Caring for people with learning disabilities
In a care home setting, what other actions could be deemed abuse?
Safeguarding vulnerable adults
External resources
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) - http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=1327
Mental Capacity Act Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards - http://www.webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/www.dh.gov.uk/en/SocialCare/Deliveringadultsocialcare/MentalCapacity/MentalCapacityActDeprivationofLibertySafeguards/index.htm
NHS whistleblowing helpline provided by Royal Mencap Society - http://www.dh.gov.uk/health/2011/12/whistleblowing-helpline/
NSPCC Child Protection Awareness in Health - http://platinum.educare.co.uk/Products/65-nspcc-child-protection-awareness-in-health.aspx
Protecting Vulnerable Adults programme - http://www.platinum.educare.co.uk/Products/53-protecting-vulnerable-adults.aspx
NMC safeguarding vulnerable adults guidance - http://www.nmc-uk.org/Documents/Safeguarding/England/Safeguarding%20Vulnerable%20Adults.pdf
Welsh Assembly group on protecting vulnerable adults - http://www.wales.gov.uk/topics/health/socialcare/vulnerableadults/?lang=en