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Oliver's mother, Paula McGowan, and Mencap respond to DHSC's mandatory learning disability and autism training announcement
Today, the Department of Health and Social Care announced that the government will introduce mandatory learning disability training for all health and social care staff.
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Bethany's Dad Jeremy and Mencap respond to joint committee on human rights report
Bethany’s dad, Jeremy, and the learning disability charity Mencap respond to the Joint Committee on Human Rights report into human rights abuses against children and young people with a learning disability and/or autism detained in inpatient units.
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Mencap proud to announce Edel Harris as their new CEO
Edel Harris will be the next Chief Executive Officer of Royal Mencap Society.
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2,250 people with a learning disability and/or autism remain locked away at risk of abuse
Mencap urges Government to commit to proper investment in community support and services to prevent people with a learning disability/autism being locked away in inpatient units.
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Mencap responds to the CQC’s State of Care report
Today the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published its State of Care report which has revealed that one in 10 inpatient units are now rated as inadequate – up from 1% in 2018.
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Mencap responds to NHS England's new independent taskforce to improve specialist children and young people's inpatient services
Today, NHS England has announced that a new taskforce will be set up to improve current specialist children and young people’s inpatient mental health, autism and learning disability services in England.
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Mencap calls for recommendations from safeguarding adults review into Atlas care homes to be "acted on nationally"
On the 26 September 2019, Devon Safeguarding Adults Partnership published its findings into Atlas care homes, 7 years after all 15 Atlas care homes were closed by the Care Quality Commission in 2012.
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Over 10,000 reported uses of restrictive interventions in three months against people with a learning disability and/or autism locked away in hospitals
Government must invest in community-based care packages to prevent children, young people and adults with a learning disability / autism being locked away in inpatient units.
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Game of Thrones star Kit Harington raises vital funds for learning disability charity Mencap at 2019 BGC Charity Day
Kit Harington attended the 2019 BGC Charity Day helping to raise vital funds for the UK’s leading learning disability charity, Mencap.
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Number of children locked away in inpatient units goes up for second month in a row as Government announces £33 million for new 40 bed institution
Government must invest in community-based care packages to get children, young people and adults with a learning disability/autism out of inpatient units.
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Mencap welcomes the independent review into the death of Oliver McGowan
NHS England has today confirmed that an independent review will now be held into the death of 18 year-old Oliver McGowan.
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New PM's vision cannot just be for older people
Mencap calls for Boris Johnson to include working aged disabled adults in his social care plan
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