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I don’t know if it’s still going or in what guise, but those of a certain age might remember the kids’ TV quiz show Blockbusters, hosted by Bob Holness. Contestants had to choose a letter to get across the board, with the height of hilarity being for a contestant to smirkily ask “Can I have a P please Bob?” So, on the back of three recent CQC inspections which included inpatient services for people with learning disabilities, here’s a multiple choice quiz to help you work out which of these three organisations are taking the P. One point per question if you identify all three organisations correctly. CQC inspection reports: 1)       Which organisation’s inpatient services for people with learning disabilities were: a.        Rated overall as ‘Requires Improvement’. b.       Rated overall as ‘Requires Improvement’. c.        Not rated overall as the organisation refused to allow ...

(from The Beano) On Twitter this morning, Martin Routledge (@mroutled) posted the following in response to David Brindle’s story in The Guardian headlined ‘NHS to shut many residential hospitals for people with learning disabilities’ ( http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/feb/10/nhs-shut-residential-hospitals-learning-disabilities-winterbourne-view ): “@GdnSocialCare interested to hear thoughts of @ndtirob @AliciaWood_HSA @GeorgeJulian @chrishattoncedr – beginning of end or…” I’ve been out and about all day so have mulling on this without much clarity, but rather than clogging up people’s twitter feeds with 100s of ill-formed tweets I thought I’d just do a quick blogpost instead. I watched the Public Accounts Committee session where Simons Stevens, Chief Executive of NHS England first mentioned the c (closure) word (the full transcript of the session is here http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/public-accounts-committee/care-for-people-wit...

Image from http://www.urbanghostsmedia.com/2009/09/images-of-abandoned-raf-binbrook/ Background People with MP syndrome (or P-WiMPS) are a small but highly resource intensive cohort of people in England. There are currently 650 people identified with MP syndrome in England, all of whom are supported in a single specialist day facility in London, popularly known as the House of Commons. There are also a much larger number of people with proto-MP syndrome (otherwise known as Prospective Parliamentary Candidacy), some of whom go on to develop full-blown MP syndrome. An equivalent number of people with MP syndrome recover from the syndrome, although a disproportionate number are at risk of later developing the closely related Peer Spectrum Disorder. On the same site as the House of Commons, there is also a national specialist centre for the assessment and treatment of Peer Spectrum Disorder, known as the House of Lords. Together (with smaller community-based facilities such as Portcullis H...