he Chair of the UK Parliament’s Human Rights Committee, Harriet Harman MP, has written to the Chief Executive of NHS England, Simon Stevens, with questions about the roles and responsibilities of its Commissioners for St Andrews and Whorlton Hall, two institutions for people with learning disabilities and autism recently closed or put in special measures.
Anne Longfield, the Children’s Commissioner for England, is today publishing a new report, ‘Far less than they deserve: Children with learning disabilities or autism living in mental health hospitals’. The report shows how too many children are being admitted to secure hospitals unnecessarily – in some cases are spending months and years of their childhood in institutions when they should be in their community. It warns that the current system of support for those with learning disabilities or autism is letting down some of the most vulnerable children in the country.
The Chair of the UK Parliament Human Rights Committee, Harriet Harman MP writes to the Health Secretary Matt Hancock MP regarding abuse towards vulnerable adults at a hospital in County Durham.
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The Joint Committee on Human Rights takes evidence from the NHS and the Care Quality Commission for their inquiry into the conditions in learning disability inpatient units.
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As part of its inquiry into detention, the Joint Committee on Human Rights will hold two evidence sessions about the treatment of people with learning disabilities and autism in Assessment and Treatment Units (ATUs) and other inpatient units.
The Joint Committee on Human Rights hears from people with learning disabilities who have been detained, and from family members of people with autism who have been detained.
Letter from the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England. It reminds health and social care employers of their statutory obligations in terms of staff training, following the Learning Disability Mortality Review Programme (LeDeR) 2nd annual report.
In response to the report, the government committed to writing to employers and professional groups to promote greater awareness of the Learning Disabilities Core Skills Education and Training Framework.
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NHS England is today (25 April 2018) asking more doctors and health care professionals to sign up to a pledge to stop the overmedication of people with a learning disability, autism or both.
The renewed drive to widen support for Stopping OverMedication of People with a Learning Disability (STOMP), is being backed by the government and will target NHS trusts, CCGs and those in the independent sector, to review and seek alternatives to prescribing psychotropic drug prescriptions.
This week, 7 Days of Action is focusing on the increasing role of independent sector companies in driving these inpatient services for people with autism and/or learning difficulties, combining rigorous analyses of what’s happening with people’s experiences of dealing with services provided by these companies. A report, A Trade in People: The inpatient healthcare economy for people with learning disabilities and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder published by the Centre for Disability Research at Lancaster University and led by Mark Brown of the 7 Days of Action campaign summarises some of these analyses and experiences.
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