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Written question asked by Jeremy Hunt (Conservative) on Tuesday, 8 December 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 14 December 2020 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Monday, 14 December 2020. A substantive answer was provided by Nadine Dorries (Conservative) on Tuesday, 5 January 2021 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to improve training for health, care and education employees in locked mental health rehabilitation facilities to ensure that those employees have the necessary training and skills to work with people in those facilities with (a) learning disabilities and (b) autism who also have complex needs and challenging behaviour.

Answer

Health and social care staff working in locked mental health rehabilitation facilities must have the skills and knowledge to make a positive difference to the lives of people with learning disabilities and autistic people. This is a priority for the Government and we are developing plans to introduce the Oliver McGowan mandatory training in learning disability and autism to make sure that this happens.

We are working with Health Education England and Skills for Care to develop and test a standardised training package, backed by £1.4 million investment. Work is already underway to develop the training and testing will take place in a variety of health and social care settings to help shape how it will be rolled out and delivered in future.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
126805
Session
2019-21
Subjects
Autism Compulsorily detained psychiatric patients Learning disability Staff Training
Link
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