Over 2,000 people with a learning disability and autistic people are being detained in mental health hospitals. The average stay is about five years. This is leading to lifelong trauma and loss of life. This week, the government will fail to meet its promise to halve the number of people with a learning disability and autistic people in mental health hospitals by the end of March 2024 (from the 2,900 people who were being detained in 2015). We're calling for direct intervention by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to end this “hidden scandal”. Our Use Your Power campaign calls on the government to use its new powers to direct NHS England to urgently improve support for people to live in the community and reduce hospital detention. Use your power to change this. Sign our petition: https://lnkd.in/g-r_BgzQ #UseYourPower #DisabilityRights #HumanRights #Autistic #LearningDisabilities
Take two minutes today to read and sign our petition. We call on the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to use their new powers to direct NHS England to urgently improve support for people to live in the community and reduce their hospital detention...
The link to sign the petition doesn't seem to be working for me.
Sign our petition, find out more about the campaign, and watch our new film sharing some of the heartbreaking personal stories behind the numbers at: https://pulse.ly/6whrkhdnuw