The use of the MHA continues to rise, and the overrepresentation of some Black and minority ethnic groups is a particular cause for concern, says the CQC.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has made a legal challenge against the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care over the repeated failure to move people with learning disabilities and autism into appropriate accommodation.
Thirty nine people with mental health conditions died from unnatural causes in the past year while under Community Treatment Orders or in specialist facilities.
Report describes the "horrific reality" of a system which inflicts terrible suffering on those detained and causes anguish to their distraught families.
The Children’s Commissioner for England has published a new report showing too many children are being admitted to secure hospitals unnecessarily. It warns that the current system of support for those with learning disabilities or autism is letting down some of the most vulnerable children in the country.
The family of an autistic child who had a spit-hood used on him at a school for children with special educational needs, has called for better regulation of specialist schools following the settlement of a legal claim on behalf of their son.
People with learning disabilities are 'invisible' in crime statistics though there is widespread evidence of people being targeted in hate crime attacks, according to a new report.