Learning Disability

(asked on 26th November 2014) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to implement any of the changes suggested in the Winterbourne View report.


Answered by
Earl Howe Portrait
Earl Howe
Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
This question was answered on 4th December 2014

The Department welcomes the Sir Stephen Bubb report, Winterbourne View: Time to Change, commissioned by NHS England.

Officials will work with NHS England to consider the report’s recommendations in the context of the ongoing system-wide Transforming Care programme, established in response to events at Winterbourne View Hospital.

On 13 December 2013, the Department published Winterbourne View: Transforming Care One Year On which was a review of progress to date and the on-going work to ensure the right, high quality care for vulnerable people is delivered.

A further commitment was made in Transforming Care for the Department to publish a further two year on progress report. This will be published in 2015 following the publication of the 2014 Learning Disability Census data. This will set out progress made by the Department’s system partners in implementing the commitments in Transforming Care.

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