Autism and Learning Disability: Community Care
Commons · Question 51065 · Tabled 8 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 15 May 2025
Question
Asked by Joe Robertson
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve community support to help tackle the number of people with (a) a learning disability and (b) autism in inpatient units.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 15 May 2025
National Health Service planning guidance, published on 30 January 2025, includes a focus on improving mental health and learning disability care and contains the objective to deliver a minimum 10% reduction in the use of mental health inpatient care for ...