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Review of compliance: Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust: Vale Assessment and Treatment Unit
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 19p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was reviewed as part of a targeted inspection programme in hospitals that care for people with learning disabilities. The Intensive Support Service provides inpatient assessment and treatment of people with a learning disability who have mental health problems or challenging behaviour. Two essential standards of quality were examined: Outcome 4: People should get safe and appropriate care that meets their needs and supports their rights; and Outcome 7: People should be protected from abuse and staff should respect their human rights. The report includes a summary describing why the review was carried out, the main findings and action required. It also provides detailed findings for the two essential standards and outcomes reviewed. Improvements were found to be needed for essential standard Outcome 4.
Review of compliance: Partnerships in Care Limited: Burston House
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 18p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Burston House was reviewed as part of a targeted inspection programme in hospitals that care for people with learning disabilities. The hospital provides assessment, treatment and continuing care to patient’s with mild to moderate learning disabilities who may also have other complex mental health problems, such as autistic spectrum disorder, aspergers syndrome, personality disorders. Two essential standards of quality were examined: Outcome 4: People should get safe and appropriate care that meets their needs and supports their rights; and Outcome 7: People should be protected from abuse and staff should respect their human rights. The report includes a summary describing why the review was carried out, the main findings and action required. It also provides detailed findings for the two essential standards and outcomes reviewed. The provider was found to be compliant with both standards of quality and safety reviewed.
Review of compliance: Mild Professionals Homes Ltd: Old Leigh House
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 18p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Old Leigh House was reviewed as part of a targeted inspection programme in hospitals that care for people with learning disabilities. Two essential standards of quality were examined: Outcome 4: People should get safe and appropriate care that meets their needs and supports their rights; and Outcome 7: People should be protected from abuse and staff should respect their human rights. The report includes a summary describing why the review was carried out, the main findings and action required. It also provides detailed findings for the two essential standards and outcomes reviewed. The provider was found not to be meeting these essential standards and improvements are required.
Restraint, segregation and seclusion review: progress report (December 2021)
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Place of publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne
This short report comments on the progress following publication of ‘Out of sight – who cares?’ report and highlights the main areas where further work is still needed. ‘Out of sight – who cares?’, published in October 2020, looked at the use of restraint, seclusion and segregation in care services for people with a mental health condition, a learning disability or autistic people. The health and care system has taken action to understand the needs of people with a learning disability and autistic people in inpatient units. However, there is still much to be done. Too many people have still not seen their care improved. While the health and care system has made a commitment to increase the range of community support available to help prevent hospital admissions, this commitment now needs to be converted into real change. The findings of this report show that too many people are still in inpatient wards and they are spending too long in hospital. Getting the right care provision, support services and early intervention in the community will prevent hospital admissions, reduce the time it takes to discharge people into the right support and enable people to live their best lives. (Edited publisher abstract)
Out of sight: who cares? A review of restraint, seclusion and segregation for autistic people, and people with a learning disability and/or mental health condition
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 74
- Place of publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne
This report describes the current state of the care system for children, young people and adults who are subject to restrictive interventions, and who are cared for in a range of settings. While the focus of this report is learning disabilities and autism, the findings have also implications and learning for settings that support people who have a mental health condition and/or who are living with dementia. The review found that often people were not getting the care they need, when they need it. There were many examples of care that was undignified, inhumane and that potentially breached people’s basic human rights. While it is possible to support people well in the community, care packages are often not available; and people are frequently not receiving the hospital care that they are entitled to. While the use of restrictive practice is not inevitable, nearly all of the services (hospitals and adult social care services) visited as part of this review used some form of restrictive practice. Where there was evidence of people being restrained, secluded or segregated, it was claimed that this was for their own safety or the safety of others. The report makes four key recommendations: people with a learning disability and or autistic people who may also have a mental health condition should be supported to live in their communities; people who are being cared for in hospital must receive high-quality, person-centred, specialised care in small units; there must be renewed attempts to reduce restrictive practice by all health and social care providers, commissioners and others; there must be increased oversight and accountability for people with a learning disability, and or autistic people who may also have a mental health problem. (Edited publisher abstract)
An inpatient Healthy Living Group
- Authors:
- ROSE Lexy, BREEN Olivia, WEBB Zillah
- Journal article citation:
- Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, 8(2), 2014, pp.128-137.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the usefulness of a Healthy Living Group (HLG) for individuals with learning disabilities and mental health problems in an inpatient setting. Design/methodology/approach: Seven sessions were developed. Each session focussed on a different aspect of healthy living, and used psychoeducation and practical skill building to enable individuals to create personalised healthy living plans. Quantitative post-intervention measures and a qualitative focus group were used to determine group participants’ learning and enjoyment. Findings: Principles about healthy living were successfully taught in an enjoyable way to individuals with learning disabilities. Factors that enhanced learning and those that created barriers to developing healthy living plans are explored. Practical implications: Individuals with learning disabilities and mental health problems can be supported to develop personalised healthy living plans. Recommendations for further adaptations to the group structure are made, in order to enable others to run successful groups. Originality/value: The HLG is the first of its kind to be developed for individuals with learning disabilities. (Edited publisher abstract)
Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland: summary of outcomes from focussed visits 2010-11
- Author:
- MENTAL WELFARE COMMISSION FOR SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 19p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Between April 2010 and March 2011, the Commission undertook 87 focussed visits to people receiving care for mental health problems or learning disability in various settings. A total of 301 recommendations for improvement were made following these visits. When followed up, it was found that services had taken satisfactory action in 76% of cases. This paper reports on the main issues emerging from 74 of those visits, and specific examples of improvements made by these services after the visits. These 74 visits were to people receiving treatment in the following types of care settings: intensive psychiatric care and secure units; care facilities for people with learning disability; older people in hospital; older people in care homes; people with mental disorders in prison; young people's care facilities; mental health continuing care and rehabilitation facilities; and adult acute admission wards. Many of the recommendations addressed principles of Scottish mental health and incapacity legislation, the articles of human rights legislation and other international conventions. The most common issues raised were: care environments that did not appear to meet people's right to privacy and dignity; care plans that did not appear to comply with the principles of maximum benefit, participation and the range of options available; and lack of attention to physical health.
Disabled prisoners: a short thematic review on the care and support of prisoners with a disability
- Author:
- HM INSPECTORATE OF PRISONS
- Publisher:
- HM Inspectorate of Prisons
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 66p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The National Offender Management Service is subject to the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act. This thematic report draws together information from prisoner surveys and inspection reports between 2006 and 2008, together with responses from 82 prison disability liaison officers (DLOs), to examine how well prisons are currently able to discharge these duties. Areas covered include: environment and relationships; safety; health services; activities; and resettlement. The report makes a number of recommendations.
An inspection of forensic psychiatric social work: a report of the social work input to the South Wales Forensic Psychiatric Service
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Welsh Office. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Welsh Office. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 38p.,diags.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
Safeguarding children with disabilities and complex health needs in residential settings: phase 1 report
- Author:
- CHILD SAFEGUARDING PRACTICE REVIEW PANEL
- Publisher:
- Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Pagination:
- 90
- Place of publication:
- London
This report sets out the findings from phase 1 of the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel's review into the safeguarding of children with disabilities and complex health needs in residential settings. The phase 1 report looks in particular at the experiences of 108 children and young adults placed from 55 local authorities at Fullerton House, Wilsic Hall and Wheatley House specialist, independent, residential settings between 1 January 2018 and 21 March 2021. These settings were located in the villages of Denaby Main and Wilsic, Doncaster, and run by the Hesley Group. The children placed at Hesley's children’s residential settings in Doncaster functioned significantly below their chronological age and exhibited behaviour that challenges. They had been diagnosed with complex needs, including: autism (82%), learning disabilities (76%), mental health difficulties such as anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder and bipolar disorder, and attention deficit hyperactive disorder (25%). Many of the children had profound difficulties with receptive and expressive communication, but were not supported when they displayed behaviours, signs and symptoms that were indicative of child abuse. They were among the most vulnerable children in society, yet they experienced systematic and sustained physical abuse, emotional abuse and neglect. Our report sets out: what happened to the children and young adults placed in these settings; why it happened; urgent action to be taken by local authorities by November 2022, to provide assurance about the safety and care of children who may be residing in similar specialist settings; wider systemic issues raised by the findings from phase 1, to be explored in depth in phase 2 and completed by spring 2023. (Edited publisher abstract)