Scottish Government

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National Implementation Group

Report of the short-life working group on Hospital Closure and Service Reprovision

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Contents

Introduction
SECTION ONE: SETTING THE SCENE
History of learning disability hospitals in Scotland
The same as you?
Hospital closure/service reprovision sub-group
SECTION TWO: SUPPORTING PEOPLE WHO USE SERVICES AND CARERS
Experiences of people who use services and carers
Issues and good practice
SECTION THREE: PLANNING FOR HOSPITAL CLOSURE/SERVICE REDESIGN
Progress with hospital closure across Scotland
Issues and good practice
SECTION FOUR: EXPERIENCE DURING HOSPITAL CLOSURE
How many people with learning disabilities now live in a hospital?
Issues and good practice
SECTION FIVE: SUPPORTING PEOPLE AFTER HOSPITAL CLOSURE
Plans for re-provisioning
Where people moved to
Future placements
Issues and good practice
Home at last? conference
Strategic planning
CONCLUSION
Annex 1 Textual references
Annex 2 Members of short-life working group
Annex 3 Home at last? conference report
Annex 4 Good practice examples
Annex 5 Statistical information
Annex 6 Summary of action points