News and communications

Standards for learning disability and autism training for health and care staff will improve as government launches a consultation on a draft code of practice.

• Updated: 27 June 2023

Government’s 'Building the Right Support Action Plan’ combines work across government and public services so people can live independently in their community.

• Updated: 14 July 2022

The government has launched a new multi-million pound strategy to speed up diagnosis and improve support and care for autistic people.

• Updated: 21 July 2021

A group-wide project was launched last year to help everyone feel more able to talk openly about mental health in the workplace and ensure that our people understand how to access help if they need it.

• Updated: 18 March 2021

Every inpatient with a learning disability or autism in a mental health hospital will have their case reviewed over the next 12 months.

• Updated: 5 November 2019

The measures include a new working group for learning disabilities and autism, and funding specialist advocates to review the care of patients in segregation or long-term seclusion.

• Updated: 21 May 2019

A new call for evidence is asking people for their views on what is working and where more needs to be done to transform care and support.

• Updated: 14 March 2019

The government has announced plans to give personal health budgets to up to 200,000 people by 2024.

• Updated: 21 February 2019

The government will collect evidence from autistic children, their families and their carers on how to improve the support they get.

• Updated: 5 December 2018