Too many children and adults are continuing to go into mental health hospitals and stay there unnecessarily despite the Government promising to change this in light of the Winterbourne View
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It’s time to think about how we can accompany someone on their life journey when it comes to safeguarding, in order to make sure they get the best support. But
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Ministers have failed to honour a pledge made in the wake of the Winterbourne View abuse scandal to move patients with learning difficulties out of hospitals and into community care,
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A new report into treatment of people with learning disabilities does not do enough to help bring them out of institutional care and into the community, charities have said. Mencap
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A report into the care of people with learning difficulties has called for the creation of a “charter of rights” to protect patients. The document makes a series of recommendations,
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Winterbourne View was a scandal which shocked and appalled us all. The systemic failings there are as bad as those uncovered by Robert Francis in his report into Mid Staffordshire.
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