A Hospital or a Home?
A report from our themed visits to NHS and private facilities for people with a learning disability (2008)
The Commission decided to undertake a themed visit to all learning disability in-patient units during our 2007-08 visiting programme. We were aware that real progress had been made towards closing all learning disability hospitals by the 2005 deadline, set out in 'The same as you?'. We also recognised the need, highlighted in that report, for a small number of in-patient places. We felt it was important to get more accurate information about current hospital services, levels of in-patient need and about the experiences of people living in in-patient wards.
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