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<p>‘Building the Right Support’, published in 2015 by NHS England, the Local Government
Association and the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services is the national
plan in England for reducing the number of people with learning disabilities or autistic
people who are in a mental health inpatient setting. It set out a clear framework
for commissioners to reduce inpatient capacity by developing more community services
for people with learning disabilities or autistic people with behaviour that challenges.</p><p>The
NHS Long Term Plan commits to implementing the ‘Building the Right Support’ plan in
full, achieving a 50% reduction in the number of people with a learning disability
or autism who are inpatients in mental health settings (compared to the figure in
2015) by the end of 2023/24 and ensuring that every local economy has specialist community
provision. NHS Planning Guidance for 2019/20 requires the National Health Service
to achieve a 35% reduction as quickly as possible and no later than the end of 2019/20.</p><p>The
Department will hold NHS England and all other delivery partners to account on achieving
this.</p>
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