The Nursing and Midwifery Professional Advisory Board (PAB), is an expert advisory board providing advice on nursing and midwifery workforce planning to the Department of Health’s Chief Nursing Officer.
The PAB set up a task and finish group chaired by Professor Robert Gates, academic and professional lead for learning disabilities, Hertfordshire University, to look at service provision, practice, education and training related to learning disability nursing, to analyse the diminishing numbers of learning disability nurses, and assess possible solutions.