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Out of sight: stopping the neglect and abuse of people with a learning disability
- Author:
- MENCAP
- Publisher:
- Mencap
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 52p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report was published by Mencap and the Challenging Behaviour Foundation on the day after the final person to be charged with an offence in the Winterbourne View scandal entered a guilty plea at Bristol Crown Court. The charities reveal that they have received further reports from families concerning the abuse and neglect of people with a learning disability in institutional care and give details of a number of serious incidents of abuse. As a result, the charities are calling on the Government to address failings in the care system, to close large institutions and to develop appropriate local services and facilities. The report suggests measures such as the development of local services by commissioners that specifically meet the needs of children and adults with learning disabilities, the integration of local assessment and treatment units with local services, and frequent, rigorous inspections by the Care Quality Commission.