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NDM8659 Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv) - Care settings for autism and learning disability
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Meeting: 04/12/2024 - Plenary (Item 5)
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv) - Care settings for autism and learning disability
NDM8659 Hefin
David (Caerphilly)
To propose that the Senedd:
1. Notes that it is over 40 years since the
publication of the All-Wales Strategy, which aimed to remove autistic people
and/or people with a learning disability from long-term hospital
placements and support them to live in their local communities.
2. Regrets that in Wales, some autistic
people and/or people with a learning disability are still being
sectioned under the MHA or detained under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 in
secure hospital settings, which is inappropriate to their wellbeing and
causes considerable longer-term trauma, as well as distress to
themselves and their loved ones.
3. Believes that this continues to happen
to autistic people and/or people with a learning disability because
of a lack of support being available in their local areas, with sectioning
in some circumstances being used as a default option by relevant authorities.
4. Calls on the Welsh Government to:
a) set out in detail how it will respond to
the concerns and objectives of the Stolen Lives’ ‘Homes Not Hospitals’
campaign;
b) collect and publish accurate and
up-to-date data on:
i) the number of autistic people and/or
people with a learning disability in Wales who are placed in hospital
settings;
ii) the type of such hospital placements e.g.
mental health hospitals or assessment and treatment units;
iii) the providers of such hospital
placements e.g. private, public or voluntary sector; and
iv) the number and nature of supported living
or residential placement breakdowns resulting in hospital detention e.g. name
of provider and type of provider;
c) provide a progress update on the
establishment of a dedicated Task and Finish Group to work with stakeholders to
help address the issues and concerns that Stolen Lives have raised, and which
fall within its devolved responsibilities; and
d) implement the recommendations of its 2020
National Care Review, which stated clearly that people should only stay in
hospitals if there are no other ways to treat them safely.
Co-submitters
Sioned Williams (South Wales West)
Supporters
Cefin Campbell (Mid and West Wales)
Mabon ap Gwynfor (Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
Minutes:
The item started at 15.55
NDM8659 Hefin David
(Caerphilly)
To
propose that the Senedd:
1.
Notes that it is over 40 years since the publication of the All-Wales Strategy,
which aimed to remove autistic people and/or people with a learning
disability from long-term hospital placements and support them to live in
their local communities.
2.
Regrets that in Wales, some autistic people and/or people with a learning
disability are still being sectioned under the MHA or detained under
the Mental Capacity Act 2005 in secure hospital settings, which is
inappropriate to their wellbeing and causes considerable longer-term
trauma, as well as distress to themselves and their loved ones.
3.
Believes that this continues to happen to autistic people and/or people
with a learning disability because of a lack of support being available in
their local areas, with sectioning in some circumstances being used as a
default option by relevant authorities.
4.
Calls on the Welsh Government to:
a) set
out in detail how it will respond to the concerns and objectives of the Stolen
Lives’ ‘Homes Not Hospitals’ campaign;
b)
collect and publish accurate and up-to-date data on:
i) the
number of autistic people and/or people with a learning disability in
Wales who are placed in hospital settings;
ii) the
type of such hospital placements e.g. mental health hospitals or assessment and
treatment units;
iii)
the providers of such hospital placements e.g. private, public or voluntary
sector; and
iv) the
number and nature of supported living or residential placement breakdowns
resulting in hospital detention e.g. name of provider and type of
provider;
c)
provide a progress update on the establishment of a dedicated Task and Finish
Group to work with stakeholders to help address the issues and concerns that
Stolen Lives have raised, and which fall within its devolved responsibilities;
and
d)
implement the recommendations of its 2020 National Care Review, which stated
clearly that people should only stay in hospitals if there are no other ways to
treat them safely.
Co-submitters
Sioned Williams (South Wales West)
Supporters
Cefin Campbell (Mid and West Wales)
Mabon ap Gwynfor (Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
Peredur Owen Griffiths (South Wales East)
Rhys ab Owen (South Wales Central)
The
motion was agreed in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.