BBC News at Ten Broadcast on Seclusion
BBC News at Ten reports on a child being held in a prone restraint within a seclusion room at Springwell Leeds Academy North
News
The CBF writes topical articles regularly and produces three newsletters a year, providing opinion and resources for families and professionals.
Lifeways: ITV News uncover neglect of people with learning disabilities in supported living
An investigation by ITV News has exposed allegations of multiple failings at residential and supported living homes run by Lifeways
File on 4 highlights inappropriate detention of people with a learning disability and autistic people
A BBC radio programme shows how the current system means that people with a learning disability and autistic people get stuck in mental health hospitals
Damages paid following inappropriate detention of person with learning disabilities
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust have paid damages to ‘AP’, who was inappropriately detained for 340 days because of a lack of suitable community support
Restraint in Schools in England
The government are consulting on new draft guidance
Annual Health Checks
We are seriously concerned that targets around annual health checks have been removed from the NHS's list of priorities
Government announce Mental Health Bill - CBF Statement
Mental Health Bill aims to reform the Mental Health Act to stop people with a learning disability and autistic people being inappropriately detained in inpatient units
