Experience of children and young people cared for in mental health, learning disability and autism inpatient settings - a review

Experience of children and young people cared for in mental health, learning disability and autism inpatient settings
NIHR Themed Review 9 June 2021 doi: 10.3310/themedreview_46186

• This Themed Review explores the experience of young people with mental health problems, learning disability or autism in specialist inpatient mental health care. It asks three key questions about young people’s inpatient experience:
• What are the key influences?
• What is the best way to gain insight?
• How can new understanding be used to improve inpatient care?

Health and Care of People with Learning Disabilities, Experimental Statistics

Health and Care of People with Learning Disabilities, Experimental Statistics
NHS Digital

• The aim of the publication is to inform users about the key differences in healthcare between those individuals with a learning disability and those without. It contains aggregated data on key health issues for people who are recorded by their GP as having a learning disability.

Whorlton Hall – BBC abuse story

Whorlton Hall – BBC abuse story
BBC 22 May 2019

• The abuse and mistreatment of vulnerable adults at a specialist hospital has been uncovered by the BBC's Panorama programme.
• See Parliamentary response 
• Published in the same week:
• Learning Disabilities Mortality Review (LeDeR) report,
• Government announcement of an investment of £5m “to improve the care for people with an LD” / New measures to improve care for people with autism and learning disabilities
• CQC Interim report: Review of restraint, prolonged seclusion and segregation for people with a mental health problem, a learning disability and or autism

Patient survey to support Quality Checking of LD services

Patient survey to support Quality Checking of LD services

NHS England September 2018

• NHS England has published a series of patient surveys to support Quality Checkers assessing services to see how they can improve the care given to people with learning disabilities.
• The surveys are for dental practices, community services, hospitals and A&E. Surveys for GP services, Mental health in-patient services and Assessment and Treatment Units (ATUs) for people with a learning disability will be developed.

Inclusion Health Audit Tool

Inclusion Health Audit Tool
VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance

• This online tool hopes to help organisations to audit engagement with groups identified as experiencing the worst health inequalities in the UK. It aims to provide a tailored guide to help embed action on tackling health inequalities into everyday activities. 
• This inlcudes
• Gypsies and Travellers,
• homeless people,
• vulnerable migrants,
• sex workers,
• people in contact with the criminal justice system,
• people with learning disabilities and more.