Ignorance Is Strength - what do we know about the progress of Transforming Care?
On 5 th July 2018 there will be/was a parliamentary Westminster Hall debate proposed by Norman Lamb MP (in the coalition government of 2010-2015, a Lib Dem health minister who continues to be actively engaged with what’s happening to/with people with learning disabilities). Here is where you can get information on the debate itself , including watching it, although in characteristic and revealing fashion it is mis-titled as ‘Future of the Transforming Social Care programme’. The Commons Library has also produced a short document with links to many relevant reports. The motion put forward by Norman Lamb is as follows : "That this House expresses concern at the slow progress made under the Transforming Care programme, which was set up to improve the quality of care and quality of life for children and adults with a learning disability and/or autism who display behaviours that challenge; · notes that evidence continues to emerge of the ne...