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Investigation into the service for people with learning disabilities provided by Sutton and Merton Primary Care Trust: summary
- Author:
- HEALTHCARE COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Healthcare Commission
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report details how outmoded, institutionalised care had led to the neglect of people with learning disabilities at Sutton and Merton Primary Care Trust. The report described some of the environments in which people lived as impoverished and completely unsatisfactory. Staff were not properly trained or supported to provide an acceptable level of care, and inadequate levels of staff meant that people were often left day in day out with little to occupy their time. There were failures in management and leadership at all levels, from managers to the trusts board.
Investigation into the service for people with learning disabilities provided by Sutton and Merton Primary Care Trust
- Author:
- HEALTHCARE COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Healthcare Commission
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 100p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report details how outmoded, institutionalised care had led to the neglect of people with learning disabilities at Sutton and Merton Primary Care Trust. The report described some of the environments in which people lived as impoverished and completely unsatisfactory. Staff were not properly trained or supported to provide an acceptable level of care, and inadequate levels of staff meant that people were often left day in day out with little to occupy their time. There were failures in management and leadership at all levels, from managers to the trusts board.
A life like no other: a national audit of specialist inpatient healthcare services for people with learning difficulties in England: easy read summary
- Author:
- HEALTHCARE COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Healthcare Commission
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 24p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Easy read version of the main results of the Healthcare Commission (HC), in its first audit of specialist inpatient healthcare services for people with learning difficulties. There must be sweeping and sustained changes are needed if the services are to meet the standards expected in the 21st century.
A life like no other: a national audit of specialist inpatient healthcare services for people with learning difficulties in England
- Author:
- HEALTHCARE COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Healthcare Commission
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 88p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Healthcare Commission (HC), in its first audit of specialist inpatient healthcare services for people with learning difficulties, argues that sweeping and sustained changes are needed if they are to meet the standards expected in the 21st century. The audit covered 72 NHS trusts and 17 independent organisations providing 638 individual services. The services support more than 4,000 people with learning difficulties. Each service typically supports six to 12 people. The HC carried out inspections at 154 services covering 68 of the 89 organisations.
Count me in 2007: results of the 2007 national census of inpatients in mental health and learning disability services in England and Wales
- Authors:
- HEALTHCARE COMMISSION, et al
- Publisher:
- Healthcare Commission
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 84p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The census aimed to provide accurate figures on the numbers of inpatients in mental health and learning disability services in England and Wales, and to encourage service providers to collect and monitor data on all ethnic groups of patients. It was conducted on March 30 2007 and collected information on: 31,187 inpatients in mental health wards at 257 NHS and independent healthcare organisations in England and Wales. The proportion of inpatients in independent mental health hospitals increased from 10% in 2005 to 14% in 2007. 4,153 inpatients in 120 organisations providing services for those with learning disabilities in England and Wales. The report stresses that without accurate data the quality of care and treatment of black and minority ethnic patients cannot be monitored. It makes recommendations to the Department of Health and the Information Centre to improve the information available about patients from all ethnic backgrounds, including those in independent healthcare organisations.
Draft three year strategic plan for adults with learning disabilities 2006-2009: consultation November 2005: easy-read version
- Author:
- HEALTHCARE COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Healthcare Commission
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 16p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Easy-read version of the draft three-year plan for adults with learning disabilities. The plan, which was out for consultation, aims to bring about improvement to the healthcare of people with learning disabilities in England over the next three years. Plans include: an audit of all inpatient care being provided for people with learning difficulties; investigating remaining long stay hospitals for people with learning difficulties; reviewing care of people with learning difficulties placed outside their local area; and increasing the accessibility of the commission's services so that people with learning difficulties can make complaints about their care more easily.