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NHS England recently published a national plan to develop community services for people with intellectual disabilities and autism who display challenging behaviour by using resources from the closure of a large number of hospital beds. An ambitious timescale has been set to implement this plan. The bed closure programme is moving ahead rapidly, but there has been little progress in developing community services to support it. This paper discusses the impact of the gap between policy and practice on the care and safety of patients with intellectual disabilities and forensic needs who form a distinct subgroup of the target population and are being disproportionately affected by this government policy.
Author(s): Taylor JL, McKinnon I, Thorpe I, Gillmer BT
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: BJPsych Bulletin
Year: 2017
Volume: 41
Issue: 4
Pages: 205-208
Print publication date: 01/08/2017
Online publication date: 13/10/2016
Acceptance date: 14/09/2016
Date deposited: 17/10/2016
ISSN (print): 2056-4694
ISSN (electronic): 2056-4708
Publisher: Royal College of Psychiatrists
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/pb.bp.116.055095
DOI: 10.1192/pb.bp.116.055095
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