inpatient care

A new buddy scheme pairs up people with learning disabilities and autistic people detained in mental health…

Campaigners are dismayed by the sentences given to four former members of staff who abused people with learning…

Last year, Lauren Bridges, a 20-year-old autistic woman, died after attempting to take her own life in the Priory…

There were thousands more detentions under the Mental Health Act in 2021/22 than in 2016/17, according to an…

A young autistic girl who died in an inpatient unit last year “cried out for help” and repeatedly requested to…

The government has announced it will launch a national investigation into safety issues at mental health inpatient…

A Labour MP has described the treatment of a 16-year-old autistic girl as “appalling”, after she was kept in a busy…

ENABLE Scotland has launched a new campaign which aims to get people with learning disabilities out of inpatient…

An increasing number of children with a learning disability or autism are living in inpatient units. 

More than 2,500 people with a learning disability and/or autism were receiving inpatient care in England at the end…