Learning Disabilities Mortality Review Debate

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Department: Department of Health and Social Care

Learning Disabilities Mortality Review

John Howell Excerpts
Wednesday 15th May 2019

(4 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Caroline Dinenage Portrait Caroline Dinenage
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I thank the hon. Lady for her question. This very thorough consultation has received more than 5,000 responses. It has very recently concluded, and we are now going through those consultation responses, some of which are quite detailed. We hope to respond in the next two or three months to set out how we would like to move forward on this.

John Howell Portrait John Howell (Henley) (Con)
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This question is similar to the “do not resuscitate” one. I am aware that a number of practitioners use seclusion, segregation and restraint against patients in the system. What is the Minister doing to stop that happening?

Caroline Dinenage Portrait Caroline Dinenage
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This is really important. We have seen an increase in reports of segregation and restraint, but that is partly because we have seen much better recording of the data. That is also very important, because we need to understand where people are being kept in seclusion or restrained inappropriately. The Secretary of State has asked the Care Quality Commission to review the matter and make recommendations about the use of restrictive interventions in settings that provide all sorts of residential care. The first part of that review will be reporting back very shortly.