In a joint response, Jan Tregelles, chief executive of Mencap, and Vivien Cooper, chief executive and founder of 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:
Over 2 years ago, the BBC exposed shocking abuse of people with learning disabilities at Winterbourne View. Figures released today reveal that 14 of the 48 people with learning disabilities still remain in hospital
Mencap and the Challenging Behaviour Foundation continue to work with families whose loved ones remain hundreds of miles away in hospital, despite their on-going efforts to bring them closer to home.
Winterbourne View is just the tip of the iceberg; we know that 1317 people in health settings have been put on registers by Clinical Commissioning Groups to have their care reviewed. However, we are deeply concerned that the registers only record a fraction of the people whose situations need to be scrutinised. Previous reports indicated that about 3,500 people were living in health settings, including 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 similar to Winterbourne View.
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. , NHS and care providers must work harder to demonstrate their actions are leading to real change for people with a 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. and their families.
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For more information please contact the Mencap press office on media@mencap.org.uk.
NHS England figures to the Learning Disability Programme Board can be found here: www.gov.uk/government/policy-advisory-groups/learning-disability-programme-board#minutes.