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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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Vodafone and Mencap partnership delivers technology that improves the lives of people with a learning disability
Vodafone teams up with Mencap on ground-breaking Connected Living project, co-designed by people with learning disabilities and their support workers.
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Another increase in number of vulnerable people locked away in inpatient units following missed transforming care targets
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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“Long overdue” guidance on the use of physical restraint on children with a learning disability in schools a welcome "first step", according to Mencap
Today, the Department for Education and the Department for Health and Social Care have published “long overdue” guidance on use of restraint on children in specialist schools and other settings.
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Every child has the right to an education, whether they have a disability or not: Mencap supports SEND Action's legal challenge against the Government
Today, Mencap joined SEND Action and other campaigns and disabilities charities to call on the Government to provide adequate funding for the special educational needs and disability system.
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Mencap responds to CQC's report on how Mental Health Act code of practice is failing people with a learning disability
Despite changes being made to the Mental Health Act code of practice, the CQC's report has found that these changes have failed to strengthen the safeguards needed to protect people with a learning disability.
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