Monitoring the quality of care and safety for people with a learning disability and/or people who are autistic in inpatient care

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The NHS Long Term Plan made a commitment to making sure that people with a learning disability and/or people who are autistic are safe and are getting high quality inpatient care.

In May 2019, Minister of State for Care, Caroline Dinenage said: “Where it is essential that someone is supported at distance from home, we will make sure that those arrangements are adequately supervised. We cannot have people out of sight and out of mind. That is why we are introducing stronger oversight arrangements”.

To support this work guidance has been produced through working with people with a learning disability and/or people who are autistic who are currently, or have previously been inpatients, families with lived experience, providers, and the organisations who plan and pay for care – sometimes called commissioners.

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Learning disability and autism - framework for commissioner oversight visits to inpatients

Learning disability and autism - framework for commissioner oversight visits to inpatients

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Guidance for commissioners and case managers to support the implementation of best practice in relation to commissioner oversight visits. This includes the minimum expectations for oversight visits during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Learning disability and autism - host commissioner guidance

Learning disability and autism - host commissioner guidance

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Updated 27 June 2023.

Guidance for commissioners to support the quality oversight of integrated care board-commissioned inpatient care for people with a learning disability and/or people who are autistic.

This guidance has been updated to reflect the host commissioner arrangements as ‘business as usual’, and in light of the transition from clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to integrated care boards (ICBs).