Select committee: Women and Equalities Committee
Conclusion 9
Sixth Report - Inequalities in healthcare and employment for people with a learning disability and autistic people
Published 21 May 2024
Paragraph 49
Addressed to Government Equalities Office
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Conclusion (the committee's words)
The Government has fallen short on its commitment to halve the number of people with a learning disability and autistic people inappropriately detained in mental health hospitals. Promises to bring forward a new Mental Health Bill to help address this concern have gone unmet. Meanwhile, the number of autistic people in mental health settings and exposed to the harm that those settings can present is increasing.
From: Women and Equalities Committee, Sixth Report - Inequalities in healthcare and employment for people with a learning disability and autistic people (HC 134), paragraph 49, 21 May 2024
Government response
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