The Mencap Manifesto: Homes not Hospitals
The Mencap Manifesto: Homes not Hospitals

There are over 2,000 people with a learning disability and, or autistic people, stuck in mental health hospitals.

The
NHS
The NHS is the National Health
Service
A service gives people what they need, like healthcare services that help people when they are ill, and support services that give people support.
. The NHS gives free healthcare to everyone in the UK and includes things like your GP (doctors) surgery and hospitals.
has a target to half the number of people with a learning disability and/ or autistic people in mental health hospitals by March 2024.

Mencap thinks that this target will be missed.

Change the Law on Mental Health
Mencap wants all political parties to promise to change the
law
Laws are the rules that everyone in the country has to follow. If you don't follow the rules you can get in trouble with the police.
on Mental Health.

Help people live in their own homes
Mencap wants all the political parties to make sure there is good support in the
community
A community is the people and places in an area.
.

This means things like:
- making sure there are enough people working in
social care
Social care means the services that give care and support to people who need it. and that they have the right training and skills to support people with a learning disability and or autistic people.

- making sure there is the right housing for people.

Improve the Building the Right Support Action Plan
The Building the Right Support Action Plan is
the Government
The Government are the people who run the country. They decide how much
tax
Tax is the money that pays for things like schools, hospitals and the police. There are different types of taxes like
income tax
Income tax is the money that is taken out of the money you earn every month. It helps to pay for things we all need like hospitals and schools.
,
VAT
VAT is also called Value Added Tax. VAT is the extra money you pay when you buy things. The money goes to the government to pay for things like schools and hospitals.
and
council tax
Council
A council is also called a
local authority
A local authority is also called a council. They are a group of people who make decisions about some of the things in the area where you live like schools, social care (support for people), parks and dustbin collection.
. They are a group of people who make decisions about some of the things in the area where you live. These include: schools, social care (support for people), parks and dustbin collection.
Tax is the money that people pay to the
council
A council is also called a
local authority
A local authority is also called a council. They are a group of people who make decisions about some of the things in the area where you live like schools, social care (support for people), parks and dustbin collection.
. They are a group of people who make decisions about some of the things in the area where you live. These include: schools, social care (support for people), parks and dustbin collection.
. It helps to pay for things like social care (support for people), parks and dustbin collection.
.
people should pay for things and how things like the National Health Service should work.
’s plan for making sure people with a learning disability and, or autistic people, are not stuck in mental health hospitals and get the right support in the community.

Mencap wants all political parties to promise to update the Action Plan and make it stronger.