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Standards for learning disability and autism training for health and care staff will improve as government launches a consultation on a draft code of practice.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Government’s 'Building the Right Support Action Plan’ combines work across government and public services so people can live independently in their community.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Every inpatient with a learning disability or autism in a mental health hospital will have their case reviewed over the next 12 months.
The measures include a new working group for learning disabilities and autism, and funding specialist advocates to review the care of patients in segregation or long-term seclusion.
Public Health England study finds people with learning disabilities are regularly prescribed psychiatric drugs without a recorded diagnosis.
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