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NHS chief Simon Stevens has announced that a new taskforce will be set up to improve current specialist children and young people’s inpatient mental health, autism and learning disability services in England. News of the new taskforce is not the only initiative announced this past week to improve the experience of autistic children/teenagers in inpatient settings. 

71% of autistic adults in England aren't getting the support they need. This could mean up to 327,000 autistic adults aren’t getting help to do things other people take for granted, like socialising, managing money, or getting out and about.

The Care Quality Commission has pledged to review restrictive interventions (restraint, prolonged seclusion, and segregation) in a variety of settings.

Tim Smart, the interim chair of troubled Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, has resigned with immediate effect, citing “personal reasons”.

The number of people in inpatient psychiatric or learning disability beds fell between 2014 and 2016, according to an NHS survey.

Occupational Therapist Mark Keeble looks at how therapists can support autistic adults with behaviours that challenge to develop techniques to self-regulate their reactions to sensory stimulation.

The QPM is the only independent quality performance mark for organisations offering independent advocacy - an essential service for people who need support to express their needs and have increased choice and control in their lives.

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust has accepted full responsibility for the death of Connor Sparrowhawk and has admitted that it was negligent and violated Connor’s and his family’s human rights.

Care regulator the Care Quality Commission (CQC) is carrying out a review of how NHS trusts identify, report, investigate and learn from deaths of people using their services – with a particular focus on people with a learning disability or mental health problem.