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• Over 10,000 reported uses of restrictive interventions in 3 months against people with a learning disability and/ or autism in inpatient units - 19/09/2019
      Over 10,000 reported uses of restrictive interventions in three months –  including 3,715 reported uses of restrictive interventions in...    Read Full Story
• New vacancy for Communications Officer - 27/08/2019
  This is an exciting opportunity to use and hone your communications and digital skills across a variety of media within a small national charity with a reputation for...    Read Full Story
• Latest data from NHSE on people in inpatient units. - 18/07/2019
  According to data released today from NHS Digital, 2270 people with a learning disability and/or autism remain locked away in in patient units. This is the second...    Read Full Story
• Reducing the Need for Restraint and Restrictive Intervention - 27/06/2019
  The Government has today published the long-awaited guidance on reducing restrictive intervention of children ‘Reducing the Need for Restraint and Restrictive...    Read Full Story
• Increase in number of children and adults with learning disabilities and/ or autism in inpatient units - 21/06/2019
  Increasing number of children and adults with a learning disability and/or autism being locked away in inpatient units – more than 2,250 people. Highest...    Read Full Story
• Panorama Undercover Hospital Abuse Scandal - 23/05/2019
    The Panorama programme has again exposed shocking abuse of people with learning disabilities, 8 years after the Government loudly and publicly committed to...    Read Full Story
• CQC- Interim report on the use of restraint, prolonged seclusion and segregation - 22/05/2019
  Closely following the Children’s Commissioner report on Monday 20th May, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published (Tuesday 21st May) its interim report on...    Read Full Story
• Office for Children's Commissioner report exposes the poor and restrictive treatment of children with learning disabilities and autism - 20/05/2019
  The Office for Children’s Commissioner have today published their report ‘Far less than they deserve: Children with learning disabilities or autism living...    Read Full Story
• Latest Transforming Care Data shows care not transformed for thousands of children, young people and adults with a learning disability and/or autism - 21/03/2019
  With just a few days to go to the Transforming Care programme deadline of the end of March, the latest NHSE figures (for February) show that there are still 2,295...    Read Full Story
• Restraint and seclusion in schools - 31/01/2019
  We are publishing a new report today which shares family carers’ shocking accounts of their children’s experiences of restrictive intervention, shared...    Read Full Story