The CBF writes topical articles regularly and produces three newsletters a year, providing opinion and resources for families and professionals.
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.
On 19th January 2023 the Joint Committee on the Draft Mental Health Bill published its report
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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 information sheet: Information about Disability Related Expenditure and how this should be assessed during a social care financial assessment.
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.
On 3 November 2022 CQC published a report on the experiences of being in hospital for people with a learning disability and autistic people.
On the 26th of October 2022, the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel published their findings into residential settings in Doncaster run by the Hesley Group.
In October 2022, the Care Quality Commission published their latest annual report assessing the state of health and social care in England.
