1 August 2023

Give your views: learning disability and autism training for health and social care workers


The government want to hear your views about guidance covering learning disability and autism training for people who work in health and social care.


The Oliver McGowan code of practice sets out how providers of health and social care can make sure their staff receive learning disability and autism training suitable for their role. What you tell the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) about the code of practice will help shape the final version of the code.


The code of practice is named after Oliver McGowan, whose tragic death in 2016 highlighted failures in care that could have been prevented.


The CQC believe that it is essential that autistic people and people with a learning disability have access to safe, high-quality care and, as such, they have worked with the DHSC to shape this code of practice.


The consultation is open until 19 September 2023.


Further information and details of how you can respond can be found here.

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