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• CQC Releases Independent Review into Whorlton Hall by Prof. Glynis Murphy - 20/03/2020
  On the 18th March 2020, the CQC published its independent review into the regulation of Whorlton Hall between 2015 and 2019. The review was undertaken by clinical...    Read Full Story
• Over 2000 People With A Learning Disability And/Or Autism Remain In Inpatient Units While Emergency Coronavirus Bill Risks More Being Admitted - 20/03/2020
  Mencap and the Challenging Behaviour Foundation call for urgent action and emergency investment in social care to stop more children and adults with a learning...    Read Full Story
• CBF statement on CQC's sexual safety report - 27/02/2020
  Today the CQC released its report Promoting Sexual Safety Through Empowerment. The report makes a series of recommendations aiming to promote sexual safety...    Read Full Story
• GOVERNMENT AND NHS AT RISK OF MISSING ANOTHER TARGET - 20/02/2020
  NO DECREASE IN THE NUMER OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY AND/OR AUTISM LOCKED AWAY IN INPATIENT UNITS    Mencap and the Challenging...    Read Full Story
• EHRC launch legal challenge against Secretary of State for Health and Social Care - 12/02/2020
  Today the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) launched a legal challenge against the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care over the repeated failure to...    Read Full Story
• Reducing Restrictive Intervention of Children and Young People - 10/02/2020
  Today we publish a report which provides an update to the “Reducing Restrictive Intervention of Children and Young People” report jointly produced by...    Read Full Story
• Independent Review into CQC regulation of Whorlton Hall - 23/01/2020
  The CQC has published its Independent Review by David Noble QSO into the regulation of Whorlton Hall (full report here). The review examined why a 2015 inspection...    Read Full Story
• Government And NHS At Risk Of Missing Transforming Care Targets - 16/01/2020
  2,185 CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY AND/OR AUTISM LOCKED AWAY IN INPATIENT UNITS AT INCREASED RISK OF ABUSE AND NEGLECT   Mencap and the...    Read Full Story
• CQC review of Cygnet Health Care services - 15/01/2020
  The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published (14th January 2020) a damming report of their review of Cygnet Health...    Read Full Story
• November 2019: 2,190 people with a learning disability and/or autism remain in inpatient units - 20/12/2019
  Each month data is published on children, young people and adults with learning disabilities and/or autism in inpatient units on the NHS Digital website. This data is...    Read Full Story