Summary
This document outlines the UK Government's response to the Health and Social Care Select Committee report on the treatment of autistic people and people with learning disabilities, published in July 2021. It contains responses to three main areas of interest raised by the Committee's report:
- Community support: reducing the number of autistic people and people with learning disabilities in inpatient facilities, and the benefits of the Trieste model
- The use of restrictive practices in inpatient facilities and wider concerns relating to the appropriateness and continued use of such facilities
- The wellbeing of and accountability for autistic people and people with learning disabilities including the creation of a new role: the Intellectual Disability Physician, and the need for independent reviews into the deaths of autistic people and people with learning disabilities
The treatment of autistic people and people with learning disabilities: Government Response to the Committee’s Fifth Report of Session 2021-22 (27 July 2022)
https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5803/cmselect/cmhealth/631/report.html
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