Please find a national Care Quality Commission press release attached below on the ten reports published today (11 January 2012) from a targeted review of 150 hospitals and care homes that care for people with learning disabilities. The first five reports were published in December. Further reports will be published at regular intervals until the programme is complete.

CQC press release of first ten reports reviewing services for people with learning difficulties 11Jan12 (64.79 kB)

The programme is looking at whether people experience safe and appropriate care, treatment and support and whether they are protected from abuse. A national report into the findings of the programme will be published in the Spring.

For further information on the review itself and about the published reports follow this link to the CQC website.