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Going off campus
- Author:
- TAYLOR Amy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 21.09.06, 2006, pp.45-46.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
By 2010 the many people with learning difficulties in NHS campuses should have moved into the community. The author looks at the obstacles en route.
Valuing staff...valuing people: developing the learning disability workforce in North East London
- Author:
- NEWHAM NHS PRIMARY CARE TRUST
- Publisher:
- North East London NHS Strategic Health Authority
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 40p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This workforce development strategy explains how to develop and support the workforce in learning disability services in Newham. In April 2001 a new learning disability awards framework was introduced within the existing qualification structures (including NVQs), to provide a recognised route to qualification and career progression for care workers in learning disability services.
Flip side of private provision
- Author:
- HUNTER Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 3.08.20, 2006, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
After years of broken promises and missed deadlines, the final brutal reminders of the Victorian lunatic asylums will have been swept into history. Few will mourn the demise of the monolithic institutions that, for so long, were used to house, care for and often detain people with learning difficulties. However, many will be asking what exactly has happened to the vulnerable and marginalised people who once lived there? The answer may lie in the recent growth of private sector provision for people with learning difficulties; or in the use of campus-style NHS hospitals; or in out-of-area placements which may be community-based, but sited so far from the placed person's friends and family that they become institutional in all but name. According to latest figures there are still 10 NHS long-stay hospitals in operation. Between them they provide 239 beds for people with learning difficulties. This is a decrease from 752 beds in 2003 and reflects the government's ponderous progress towards its 2004 deadline (set in 2001's Valuing People report and later put back to 2006), by which all these long-stay hospitals were to have closed. By contrast, the private sector is booming. The Healthcare Commission estimates there are now at least 40 private providers of accommodation for people with learning difficulties offering more than 1,000 beds.
Joint investigation into services for people with learning disabilities at Cornwall Partnership NHS Trust: easy read executive summary
- Author:
- HEALTHCARE COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Healthcare Commission
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 14p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The report details the findings of a joint investigation into services for people with learning disabilities at Cornwall Partnership NHS Trust. The services investigated were the Budock Hospital near Falmouth, which is a treatment centre for 18 inpatients. The investigation also looked at two other treatment centres, 4 children’s units and 46 houses occupied by groups of up to four people with learning disabilities. The report describes many years of abusive practices at the trust and the failure of senior trust executives to tackle this. Examples of abuse included physical abuse and misuse of people’s money. Investigators found evidence of institutional abuse including some staff hitting, pushing, and dragging people. Some staff were also reported to have withheld food and given people cold showers. The investigation team also found an over-reliance on medication to control behaviour, as well as illegal and prolonged use of restraint.
Joint investigation into the provision of services for people with learning disabilities at Cornwall Partnership NHS Trust
- Authors:
- HEALTHCARE COMMISSION, COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL CARE INSPECTION
- Publisher:
- Healthcare Commission
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 76p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The report details the findings of a joint investigation into services for people with learning disabilities at Cornwall Partnership NHS Trust. The services investigated were the Budock Hospital near Falmouth, which is a treatment centre for 18 inpatients. The investigation also looked at two other treatment centres, 4 children’s units and 46 houses occupied by groups of up to four people with learning disabilities. The report describes many years of abusive practices at the trust and the failure of senior trust executives to tackle this. Examples of abuse included physical abuse and misuse of people’s money. Investigators found evidence of institutional abuse including some staff hitting, pushing, and dragging people. Some staff were also reported to have withheld food and given people cold showers. The investigation team also found an over-reliance on medication to control behaviour, as well as illegal and prolonged use of restraint.
You can make a difference: improving primary care services for disabled people
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- London
From December 2006, the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 (DDA) introduces a duty for public bodies to positively promote disability equality. This guide aims to assist front line primary care staff to improve the overall experience of disabled patients, their families and visitors and to make sure they play an active role in complying with the DDA.
Unit costs of health and social care 2005
- Authors:
- CURTIS Lesley, NETTEN Ann, (comps.)
- Publisher:
- University of Kent. Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 203p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
Aims to improve unit cost estimates for health and social services. Includes sections on services for: elderly people; people with mental health problems; people with learning difficulties; services for children and families; and substance misusers. Also provides a breakdown of costs of health care staff in the community and in hospitals.
Unit costs of health and social care 2006
- Authors:
- CURTIS Lesley, NETTEN Ann, (comps.)
- Publisher:
- Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 218p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Canterbury
Aims to improve unit cost estimates for health and social services. Includes sections on services for: elderly people; people with mental health problems; people with learning difficulties; services for children and families; and substance misusers. Also provides a breakdown of costs of health care staff in the community and in hospitals.