The CBF writes topical articles regularly and produces three newsletters a year, providing opinion and resources for families and professionals.
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
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
The government are consulting on new draft guidance
We are seriously concerned that targets around annual health checks have been removed from the NHS's list of priorities
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
NHS Digital statistics confirm that the government has missed its target to reduce the number of people with a learning disability and autistic people detained in inpatient units by 50% - with more than 2000 people still stuck in these units, there need to be concrete actions to achieve meaningful change
Read the CBF’s statement on the Public Accounts Committee’s most recent report on the need to reform adult social care in England.
