Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 1 July 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that constituents with learning disabilities or autism, in Newcastle-under-Lyme, are able to access inpatient facilities close to home.
Adult non-secure inpatient services for people with learning disabilities and/or autism in Newcastle-Under-Lyme are commissioned by the Newcastle-Under-Lyme Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). Local CCGs should ensure that patients with a learning disability and/or autism have access to an inpatient bed when they need it.
Adult secure inpatient services and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Tier 4 inpatient beds for children and young people with learning disabilities and/or autism in Newcastle-Under-Lyme are commissioned by the NHS England Specialised Commissioning Team in the West Midlands, which will always look at prioritising meeting clinical needs as locally as possible.
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