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Receiving the report, Simon Stevens said: “NHS England’s recent work with people with learning disabilities, and this new report, all now prove that radical changes are needed in NHS and social care, so that people with learning disabilities and their families increasingly take control of how the services they want and need are provided.

the founding of a social investment fund to build capacity in community-based services.

improved training and education for NHS, local government and provider staff and.

a planned closure programme of inappropriate institutional in-patient facilities supporting patient choice.

a requirement for local decision-makers to follow a mandatory framework that sets out who is responsible, for which services and how they will be held to account, including improved data collection and publication.

giving people with learning disabilities and their families a ‘right to challenge’ decisions and the right to request a personal budget.

the introduction of a Charter of Rights for people with learning disabilities and/or autism and their families.

The report sets out ten recommendations that include: It’s time for people with learning disabilities or autism and their families to be put first.” We need that system to have the courage to act on these recommendations, and not to promise another false dawn. We need a new Charter of Rights to empower people with learning disabilities and their families, and give them the right to challenge the system. “We urge immediate action, to close all Winterbourne-style institutions and ramp up community provision. People are still angry and frustrated that more people with learning disabilities are being placed in institutional care than moved into the community. Sir Stephen Bubb, chief executive of ACEVO and author of the independent report, said: “The Winterbourne View scandal shocked the nation.

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We are committed to playing a full and active role in the implementation of the recommendations and call on others to do the same.”

“This report asks every part of the system to respond. Jane Cummings, Chief Nursing Officer for England, said: “We asked Sir Stephen to tell us how the NHS can better plan and fund care, treatment and support for people with learning disabilities and autism.

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Sir Stephen’s report makes a series of recommendations for the NHS, local government, regulators and the government, that include a robust NHS commissioning framework to support people with learning disabilities and autism move out of hospitals and into the community. Sir Stephen chaired an independent group who developed the report, “ Winterbourne View – Time for Change”, with guidance and expertise from healthcare professionals, the voluntary sector, local government and people with learning disabilities, their families and carers. Sir Stephen Bubb, chief executive of charity leaders body ACEVO, was asked by NHS England to work with stakeholders and make recommendations for the development of a national commissioning framework to address the serious shortcomings in the provision of support for people with learning disabilities.

NHS England will today (Wednesday) publish an independent report into the future care of people with learning disabilities.