The Committee acknowledged that the institutional model of care to be completely inappropriate and a closure programme of
assessment
An assessment is a way of finding out what help a person needs. When you have an assessment, you might have to go to a meeting or fill in a form.
and treatment units like Winterbourne View was announced to the Committee by Simon Stevens.
Jan Tregelles, chief executive of Mencap, and Viv Cooper, Chief Executive at the
Challenging Behaviour
Challenging behaviour can be when someone hurts themselves, hits or pinches someone else, or breaks something. Some people might behave like this because they are upset or because people do not understand them.
Foundation, said:
“We welcome the Committee's report and recommendations, which highlight the key elements required to see progress on the delivery of meaningful change promised to people with a learning disability and their families over 3 years ago.
"In particular we look forward to seeing and being involved
Involved is being included in something or taking part in something. in the development of the closure programme Simon Stevens announced to the Committee, and welcome the news of additional 'dowry' funding he outlined to help get people out of inpatient settings.
"The Committee also makes important recommendations on the urgent need for NHS
The NHS is the National Health Service. The NHS gives free healthcare to everyone in the UK and includes things like your GP (doctors) surgery and hospitals. England to force local commissioners to develop new community
A community is the people and places in an area. services and for the Department of Health to mandate NHS England to develop pooled budgets between health and social care
Social care means the services that give care and support to people who need it. .
"Individuals must be empowered through funding that follows them when they are discharged into the community. This will remove disincentives for local commissioners so they develop the support, services and housing needed for people to move out of in-patient settings and return to their communities."
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About Mencap
There are 1.5 million people with a learning disability in the UK. Mencap works to support people with a learning disability, their families and carers by fighting to change laws, improve services and access to
education
Education is when you learn things. When you fill in a form to get a job, education means you write where you went to school, college or university.
,
employment
Employment means having a job.
and
leisure
Leisure is when you have time to do things you enjoy like playing sports or going to the pub.
facilities. Mencap supports thousands of people with a learning disability to live their lives the way they want.
For advice and information about learning disability and Mencap services in your area, contact the Learning Disability Helpline on 0808 808 1111 (9am-5pm, Monday-Friday) or email helpline@mencap.org.uk.
What is a learning disability?
A learning disability is a reduced intellectual ability which can cause problems with everyday tasks – for example shopping and cooking, or travelling to new places – which affects someone for their whole life.
People with a learning disability can take longer to learn new things and may need support to develop new skills, understand difficult information and engage with other people. The level of support someone needs is different with every individual. For example, someone with a severe learning disability might need much more support with daily tasks than someone with a mild learning disability.
Learning disability is not a mental illness or a learning difficulty. Very often the term ‘learning difficulty’ is wrongly used interchangeably with ‘learning disability’.