Dear Sajid Javid: please end the inappropriate detention of autistic people and those with learning disabilities
Community Care
NOVEMBER 3, 2021
Dear Mr Javid, I am writing, in this open letter, to express my grave and continuing concern over the care and support for people who have a learning disability and autistic people detained in inpatient care or at risk of such detention. According to latest NHS Assuring Transformation data , there were more than 2,000 people with a learning disability in inpatient settings, most of whom have been locked up in these long-stay hospitals for at least two years.
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