Challenge Newsletter Winter 2023: Connections and Co-Production
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News
The CBF writes topical articles regularly and produces three newsletters a year, providing opinion and resources for families and professionals.
CBF response to the 2022 LeDeR report
The 2022 Learning from Lives and Deaths (LeDeR) report, which looks at the deaths of people with a learning disability and autistic people and aims to improve health and care, has been published. We send our condolences to everyone who has lost a loved one.
CBF response to Baroness Hollins' final report
The government has published the final report by Baroness Hollins on the Independent Care, Education and Treatment Reviews programme, which aimed to move people with a learning disability and autistic people out of long-term segregation, alongside its response to this report
Joint Letter to Prime Minister - Mental Health Act Reform
Charities and organisations have written to the Prime Minister about the omission of the Draft Mental Health Bill from the King's Speech
Charities tell Rishi Sunak that it is ‘Time to Act’ on the Draft Mental Health Bill
The CBF, Mencap, NAS and VoiceAbility have handed in their joint petition asking the Government to pass the Mental Health Bill
CBF response to CQC State of Care report 2023
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have published their most recent State of Care report of health and social care in England.
Joint open letter to political parties
Multiple organisations have written a joint letter to the leaders of the three main opposition parties in England about the need to support people with a learning disability, autistic people and their families
New report on SEND tribunals is published
A new report from the Disabled Children’s Partnership and Pro Bono Economics, ‘Wasting Money, Wasting Potential’, sets out the money that is wasted by councils on forcing parents and carers of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) to go to tribunal to get the right support