No Freedom Campaign
With a year to go until the March 2024 deadline to reduce the number of people with a learning disability and autistic people in inpatient units, Mencap and the CBF are launching a new campaign to raise awareness of this issue
News
The CBF writes topical articles regularly and produces three newsletters a year, providing opinion and resources for families and professionals.
The CBF is hiring!
We have two great opportunities to join the CBF team!
SEND and alternative provision improvement plan published
On the 2nd March 2023 the government published a SEND and alternative provision improvement plan.
CBF Statement on the Safe and Wellbeing Reviews: Thematic Review and Lessons Learnt Report
On 21st February 2023, NHS England published a much-delayed report on the safety and wellbeing of all people with a learning disability and autistic people who were detained in inpatient units on 31st October 2021.
CBF Statement on the Report of the Joint Committee on the Draft Mental Health Bill
On 19th January 2023 the Joint Committee on the Draft Mental Health Bill published its report
Challenge Newsletter Spring 2023: Health & Support Post Covid
Read the Challenging Behaviour Foundation's Newsletter 'Challenge'.
Safeguarding Adults Review: Whorlton Hall
Today (6th December 2022) the Executive Summary of the Safeguarding Adults Review into Whorlton Hall, an independent hospital, run by Cygnet Healthcare, was published. A BBC Panorama undercover reporter exposed the treatment of people with learning disabilities in this inpatient setting in 2019. The Executive Summary identifies seven national areas of concern and “emphasises a need for urgent action to turn the often heard rhetoric that ‘lessons will be learnt’ into reality.”
New family carer resource – Disability Related Expenditure (DRE)
New information sheet: Information about Disability Related Expenditure and how this should be assessed during a social care financial assessment.
Independent Investigation into the care and treatment of M
An independent investigation report into the care and treatment of M was published on 22nd November 2022, highlighting factors that lead to his inappropriate admission to an inpatient unit.