Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that (a) early intervention and (b) prevention are at the centre of the cross-organisational strategy on transforming care for people with a learning disability.

The NHS Long Term Plan sets out our commitment to developing seven-day specialist multidisciplinary services, forensic services and crisis care to provide early intervention and reduce preventable admissions to inpatient care. Our work includes the delivery of community Care (Education) and Treatment Reviews; development of keyworkers for children and young people with the most complex needs; and a focus on the use of dynamic support systems to mitigate individuals’ risk of crisis.

We are consulting through the Reforming Mental Health Act white paper on the introduction of new duties on commissioners to ensure the adequate supply of community services for people with a learning disability and autistic people.