Children with learning disabilities endure ‘terrible suffering’ in mental health hospitals, report finds
The IndependentSign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Children with learning disabilities and autism are enduring “terrible suffering” in mental health hospitals, where their human rights being widely breached, a damning new report has found. Outlining the “horrific” and “grim picture” facing patients detained in hospitals the committee report, published today, said parents and families were often ignored by hospital staff. “We consider that the human rights of many of those with a learning disability and autism are being breached in mental health hospitals," the report said. And indeed, we are inflicting terrible suffering on those detained in mental health hospitals and causing anguish to their distraught families”.
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