#HelloMyNameIs ... Lynne 

My name is Lynne Westwood and I’m a very proud & passionate Learning Disability Nurse Lecturer here at the University of Wolverhampton. Within my work at the university I enable our students (along with my colleagues from the Learning Disability Nursing Team) to develop current knowledge, skills and attitudes around working with / for people who have a learning disability plus their carers / families. I support students in university though the modules I am part off (explore core issues and therapeutic interventions) and in their practice placement. I work collaboratively with the Learning Disability Directorate at a local NHS trusts. Together we have put on conferences and presentations at national events. I am a keen exponent of the power of sensory integration, person centred working and multi-agency approaches. I engage actively with Twitter around the subject area of Learning Disability participating in #WeLDNurses Twitter Chats about national & local subjects. I work collaboratively across the Faculty of Education Health & Wellbeing & wider university were possible increasing the opportunities available for our student nurses. I have engaged in some research with the WIDEN group exploring the thoughts and feelings of people who have learning disabilities around the topic of Parliament and the 2015 General Election. In 2019 I was published in a book and also had 2 articles published within national journals (for greater detail look at publications). Ensuring our students feel valued and nurtured is my passion as through this future workforce I hope to support change for the care and support of people who have a learning disability.

• Teaching, learning and assessment.
• Inter-professional education/learning.
• Mentorship.
• People with learning disabilities - various topics.

Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)

• Registered Nurse Learning Disability Nursing (St Margarets Hospital)
• BSc (Hons) Education Studies (Nursing) (University of Wolverhampton)
• MSc Profound Learning Disability and Multi-Sensory Impairment (University of Manchester)
• BSc Complementary Therapies - Aromatherapy (University of Wolverhampton)
• Senior Fellow Higher Education Authority

• Many articles in APLD journal (over a 10 year period as editor) – working with people who have learning disabilities
• Chapter in Person Centred Practice for professionals (2008)
• Poster for the NLDNN 2010
• Hub & Spoke evaluation launch - August 2013 Cardiff
• 6C’s in Curriculum –April 2014 Telford
• Hub & Spoke findings – July 2014 Education Lead Day Manor Hospital
• Hub & Spoke presentation – September 2014 NET
• Presentation at Success Conference 2014 – Collaborative working and STC
• Poster at Success Conference 2014 – Integrating service users into our degree course
• Living the Commitment to learning disability nursing (2015)
• Article co-authored with Dale Nixon and student nurses from Keele & Wolverhampton Universities: The Telford Model: Student supporting students: Using a model to inspire the new leaders in Learning Disability Nursing. Published in September 2018 RCN Learning Disability Practice.
• Co-authored with student nurse Elizabeth Bailey: Using a framework for Learning Disability Nursing Care in a student nurses practice Chapter 10 in Moulster, G; Lorizzo, J; Ames, S & Kernohan, J editors (2019) The Moulster and Griffiths Learning Disability Nursing Model - A Framewoirk for Practice published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
• Ten top tips: learning disabilities (2019) Nursing in Practice November / December 2019 Issue 111 page 30
• Co-organiser of a virtual conference for 3rd Year Student Nurses March 2021

• Course & Practice Lead for Learning Disability Nursing since 2016
• Education / senior lecturer in learning disability nursing since 1996 at the University of Wolverhampton
• Clinical placement / education co-ordinator (United Midlands College)
• Home Manager (St Margaret’s Hospital)
• Deputy Home Manager (St Margaret’s Hospital)
• Staff Nurse (St Margaret’s Hospital)
• Nurse training (St Margaret’s Hospital)
• Clerk Prescription Pricing Authority

Twitter 

Personal account @lynnewalsall

Learning Disability Nursing account @wlvuni_LD