November 2014

Commissioned by NHS England, this review by Sir Stephen Bubb explores how a new national framework of support might be delivered locally, in order to allow the growth of community provision required to move people out of inappropriate…
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After the transmission of the BBC Panorama Undercover Care: the Abuse Exposed in May 2011, which showed unmanaged Winterbourne View Hospital staff mistreating and assaulting adults with learning disabilities and autism, South…
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At any one time around 15,000 people in England have learning disabilities or autism and behaviour that challenges. Most of these people are supported by their family carers or live independently in the community, often with complex…
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The Learning Disability Alliance (LDA) England has launched, with a plan to hold the government to account and raise awareness of the issues that impact on the lives of people with learning disabilities.
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A Charter of Rights should be introduced to protect people with learning disabilities, while all Winterbourne View-style institutions should be closed, a report has said.
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The final report of the government's review of the events at Winterbourne Hospital.
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A Court of Protection judge has called for the Supreme Court to reconsider its ruling on what constitutes a deprivation of liberty, challenging the landmark decision made in March on this issue.
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Two learning disability charities are calling for an independent inquiry into the death of any person with a learning disability in an inpatient unit after a coroner criticised the care planning in a case of young woman who died in such a…
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A joint initiative between a service provider and a local authority to personalise community-based services for people with learning disabilities improved service users’ quality of life and delivered significant savings, an independent…
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The majority of people with learning disabilities living in hospital-type placements now have a date set for a move back into a community housing, latest NHS figures have revealed.
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