Building the Right Support and Transforming Care

The LGA is a delivery partner for Building the Right Support. Children, young people and adults with a learning disability and autistic people have the right to the same opportunities as anyone else and should be treated with dignity and respect. They should have a home within their community and get the support they need to live healthy, safe and ordinary lives, that include relationships, education, training, employment, access to good screening and healthcare.

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January 2024 Joint letter: Five key elements for discharge – supporting people with a learning disability and autistic people to leave hospital

In collaboration with the Local Government Association, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services as Partners in Care and Health, the NHS have published this letter which identifies five key actions that will have the biggest impact on supporting people with a learning disability and autistic people to leave mental health hospital.

Nearly 10,000 discharges to the community have been achieved since 2015. The letter asks colleagues working in integrated care systems across health and social care to make a concerted effort to continue to help people with a learning disability and autistic people leave hospital when they no longer need hospital care.

Bespoke support for people with learning disabilities and autism

We commissioned an evaluation on the impact consequence for local authorities and councils of delivering bespoke support to autistic people and people with a learning disability, including people who have been detained under the Mental Health Act (or at risk of being detained). This important piece of work draws on the voices, stories and experiences of people who have moved from institutional care to bespoke support and is part of the NTDi Small Supports Programme. Read the full report, Bespoke support for people with learning disabilities and autistic people.

What Good Looks Like (Building the Right Support Advisory Group report)

We supported work on this co-produced report, commissioned from the Building the Right Support (BTRS) Advisory Group, as part of the wider action plan developed by the Building the Right Support Delivery Board. The Building the Right Support Advisory Group is made up of people with lived experience, including family carers. Read the full report, What Good Looks Like (Building the Right Support Advisory Group report).