Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Helen Hayes (Labour), on Monday, 24 June 2019, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 21 members in total.

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HOMES NOT HOSPITALS

That this House recognises the inadequacy of in-patient settings for autistic people and people with learning disability; condemns the appalling abuse that was uncovered at Whorlton Hall Hospital by BBC Panorama; notes with concern that this took place eight years after a similar scandal at Winterbourne View; further notes the failure of the Government's Transforming Care programme which has left 2,245 people with learning disability and autistic people still living in in-patient units and has seen the number of children in in-patient units double since 2015; supports the calls of autistic people, people with learning disabilities, parents, carers and voluntary sector organisations for homes not hospitals; and calls on the Government urgently to invest in fully regulated, high quality community provision to replace in-patient settings for autistic people and people with learning disability and publish a detailed plan for the completion of Transforming Care.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

2533 

Session

2017-19

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

Jim Cunningham

Paul Farrelly

Mike Penning

Jim Shannon

Subjects

Autism Learning disability NHS Patients

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk