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<p>On 26 January 2024, we published statutory guidance on discharge from mental health
inpatient settings. This guidance sets out key principles for how National Health
Service bodies and local authorities across adult and children’s services should work
together to support people in being discharged from mental health inpatient services,
including mental health inpatient services for people with a learning disability and
for autistic people. This guidance states that strong links should be made with relevant
community services prior to, and during, the person’s stay in hospital, and that this
should include links in relation to meeting the person’s housing needs.</p><p>We continue
to support the delivery of new supported housing by providing capital subsidies to
providers, through the Care and Support Specialised Housing Fund and the Affordable
Homes Programme in England.</p><p>The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
is represented on the Building the Right Support Delivery Board. This cross-Government,
cross-system board is responsible for driving progress on reducing the number of people
with a learning disability and autistic people in mental health inpatient services.</p>
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