National charity Mencap are calling on the government to transform care once and for all and asking for your help saying “After the Winterbourne View scandal, the government promised to ‘transform care.’ They said people with a learning disability and/or autism would be supported to move out of inpatient units like Winterbourne View and back into the community. The government hasn’t kept its promise.
Over 2000 people with a learning disability are currently in these settings. Abuse like what was seen at Winterbourne View has happened elsewhere; and there is little trauma support for those who have been in inpatient units, or their families.”
If you’d like to respond to their call you can use this link to write to your MP to call for the government’s action plan for transforming care to be published.
