Simon Parkinson, Director of external relations and communities at learning disability
A learning disability is to do with the way someone's brain works. It makes it harder for someone to learn, understand or do things. charity Mencap, comments:
Mencap welcomes the priorities and proposals announced today by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Involving families and people with a learning disability is crucial, and we are pleased that the CQC recognises this.
Despite the government
The Government are the people who run the country. The Government decide how much tax people should pay and how things like the National Health Service (NHS) should work. cuts
Cuts are when there is less money to pay for things like clubs and support. in social services, the majority of people continue to get good care and support from dedicated staff in well led services. The appalling scandal of Winterbourne View and the CQC's subsequent inspections of similar services, however, showed the need for us all to work together to ensure that there are no further examples of poor care and abuse.
Mencap is encouraged to see much needed steps from the CQC to ensure that their inspections, regulation and monitoring of care homes and other adult social care
Social care means the services that give care and support to people who need it. services root out bad care and ensure people with a learning disability are treated with the respect they deserve.
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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
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