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DHSC rejects experts’ plan to curb ‘inhumane’ solitary confinement of disabled people in hospital

Community Care

The government has rejected an expert panel’s proposal to “severely curtail” the “inhumane” solitary confinement of people with learning disabilities and autistic people in mental health hospitals.

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Apprenticeship power

Social Care

"We wanted to offer a complete apprenticeship route to help colleagues progress from support worker, nursing associate, student nurse, all the way to registered mental health nurse." Image copyright Cygnet Health Care]. At Cygnet, we specialise in mental health needs, learning disabilities and autism."