Continuing community support provision
Muckamore Abbey Inquiry · Muckamore Abbey Hospital Inquiry Report · Issued 18 June 2026 · Addressed to: Northern Ireland Executive
Source — verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
There will be a continuing need, which must be met, for new and ongoing community-based support for young people and adults with learning disabilities and autistic people whose families become unable to cope full time. This means there is a continuing need for a range of types of provision and well-coordinated support services in addition to the usual community learning disability team. These will include intensive support teams, community forensic teams, assessment and treatment services in the community, and emergency respite services. The availability of these must be monitored and published on the DoH website. These teams and services, some of which exist in parts of Northern Ireland but not all, need to have open referral systems, so that families can self-refer.
Muckamore Abbey Inquiry, Muckamore Abbey Hospital Inquiry Report · 18 Jun 2026 Source PDF →
Response — verbatim from government
●No formal government response recorded
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Evidence trail — what's actually happened since
- 18 Jun 2026 Report published 18 June 2026. No formal government response published. R2 requires DoH to indicate within six months which recommendations it accepts.
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