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Deinstitutionalisation
- Authors:
- EMERSON Eric, HATTON Chris
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 10(1), February 2005, pp.36-40.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Over the last 50 years deinstitutionalisation has dominated social policy development for people with learning disabilities in most of the richest countries. This commemorative issue attempts to place what we have learned about the successes and failures of deinstitutionalisation in the light of 3 themes clearly evident in the work of Tizard and his colleagues: the unrealised potential of people with learning disabilities, the importance of measuring and analysing quality in residential services and the value of applied research.
Deinstitutionalisation
- Authors:
- EMERSON Eric, HATTON Chris
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 8(4), December 2005, pp.23-27.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
In this article the authors attempt to place what has been learned about the successes and failures of deinstitutionalisation and the unrealised potential of people with learning disabilities, the importance of measuring and analysing quality in residential services and the value of applied research.
Specialist inpatient services for people with learning disabilities across the four countries of the UK
- Author:
- HATTON Chris
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 21(4), 2016, pp.220-225.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to compare data from national censuses on specialist inpatient service use by people with learning disabilities across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Design/methodology/approach: National statistics (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland) reporting inpatient service censuses including people with learning disabilities were accessed, with data extracted on trends over time, rate of service use, young people and length of stay. Findings: The number and rate of people with learning disabilities in specialist inpatient services varied across the UK: 230 people in Scotland (rate 4.88 per 100,000 population); 3,250 people in England (5.48); 183 people in Wales (5.90); 144 people in Northern Ireland (7.82). The number of people in inpatient services in Northern Ireland halved over four years, in other areas reductions were modest. Between 5 and 8 per cent of people in inpatient services were children/young people. Median length of stay in the person’s current inpatient service varied: 19 months in England; 33 months in Scotland; three to five years in Northern Ireland. Social implications: Different parts of the UK vary in the scale of their specialist inpatient services for people with learning disabilities. With the exception of Northern Ireland, which may still be in the last stages of completing a “regular” deinstitutionalisation programme, strong policy prescriptions for substantial reductions in specialist inpatient services are currently only resulting in modest reductions. Originality/value: This paper is a first attempt to compare national inpatient service statistics across the UK. With increasing divergence of health and social service systems, further comparative analyses of services for people with learning disabilities are needed. (Publisher abstract)