Learning disability care hospital beds reduced
Posted: 30 Oct 2015, 07:14The number of hospital beds for people with learning disabilities and autism will be halved in England, the NHS has announced.
It is a response to the abuse scandal exposed by the BBC at Winterbourne View and will see patients "live in homes, not hospitals".
The largest learning disability hospital, Calderstones in Lancashire, will be closed as part of the measures.
However, campaigners questioned the amount of funding for the new system
http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/
It is a response to the abuse scandal exposed by the BBC at Winterbourne View and will see patients "live in homes, not hospitals".
The largest learning disability hospital, Calderstones in Lancashire, will be closed as part of the measures.
However, campaigners questioned the amount of funding for the new system
http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/