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No through road: people with learning disabilities in hospital
- Author:
- MENTAL WELFARE COMMISSION FOR SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 54
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Presents the findings from visits to 18 hospital units for people with learning disability, a review of records of 104 people, just over half the people in the Scottish service, and interviews and feedback from service users and carers. The report shows that there has been improvement in some of the areas where concerns had been previously raised. Three quarters of the care plans had all needs clearly addressed, and there was good access to and use of specialist assessment. Access to activities appeared to have improved, and only a few issues were found with regard to people’s legal rights being respected. However, the problem of delayed discharge, well-recognised as a strategic issue, remains. The proportion of patients who are experiencing delays in their discharge was 22 percent when visits were carried out in 2010 and on this visit was 32 percent. The report argues that this has serious implications for the people who remain in hospital when this is no longer the best place for them, and for those who in consequence may be unable to be admitted when they need to be, and is a human rights issue. (Edited publisher abstract)