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• 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
• The Scottish government have committed to producing guidance on restraint and seclusion in schools - 18/12/2019
  Last year, an investigation by the Scottish Children and Young People’s Commissioner found that the use of restraint and seclusion on pupils across Scotland was...    Read Full Story
• Failure to invest in social care leaving 2,220 children and adults with a learning disability and/or autism in inpatient units at risk of abuse - 21/11/2019
  Mencap and the Challenging Behaviour Foundation call for all political parties to commit to proper investment in social care in the community to stop people with a...    Read Full Story
• Learning disability and autism training for health and care staff - 18/11/2019
  Paula McGowan, whose son Oliver died in hospital in 2016, has been campaigning for mandatory learning disability and autism training for doctors and nurses....    Read Full Story
• Joint Committee on Human Rights Report - 01/11/2019
  The Joint Committee on Human Rights have today published the findings of their inquiry  into the detention of children and young people with learning disabilities...    Read Full Story
• CBF Response to Latest Media Coverage - 31/10/2019
  The CBF support many families whose relatives do not receive the right support at the right time and in the right place. Today’s media coverage is another...    Read Full Story
• CBF Statement in response to the Education Committee inquiry into SEND - 28/10/2019
  A year and a half after launching the national inquiry into special educational needs and disabilities, the House of Commons Education Committee has published its...    Read Full Story
• 2,250 People with a learning disability and/or autism remain in inpatient units at risk of abuse - 17/10/2019
  Today NHS Digital published its latest Learning Disability Services Statistics for September.  We urge Government to commit to proper investment in...    Read Full Story
• CQC State of Care report - 15/10/2019
  This report from CQC, which has a welcome focus on services for people with a learning disability and/or autism, simply confirms what is widely known. Families who...    Read Full Story