Connor`s parents should take comfort

A report was "commissioned by NHS England (South) following the death of Connor Sparrowhawk in July 2013 in a unit in Oxford run by Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust."

Following another Southern Health Board meeting, Mark Neary is angry and who could blame him ?

"Mencap have a representative on the Southern Health Board of Governors. Her name is Liz Hall. It should be good. The `Voice of learning disability` has an input and could offer an important insight in addressing the zillions of issues raised by the Mazers Report, Monitor, the CQC, Several Coroners, the Health Secretary, NHS England, etc etc..."

"Here is Liz Hall’s minuted contribution to the latest Southern Health Board Meeting:"

"This sad affair with Connor Sparrowhawk has triggered off, at last, the enormous training issues that are still prevalent in society, including general hospitals, education establishments, training of the public, schools, the police force, etc. Shall I go on? However, it’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good and indeed one feels that perhaps Connor’s parents can take some comfort from this tragedy that has at last shown up the enormous ‘gap’ in training that has been shown up. It’s not only in Hampshire and Oxfordshire – sadly it’s still there all over England and in many other countries in the world. So here is our opportunity to begin some very exciting training of the public, police forces, nurses, doctors, school teachers, social workers and above all hospital staff on how to communicate with those with learning disabilities and involve their families more effectively in their care and life styles which we as a health authority, along with the rest of England begin to understand how one communicates, protects, and includes more of us all in their lives. We have achieved it better with other groups or so called disabled people so let’s begin to engage in training – we could make some money out of it too."
 
https://markneary1dotcom1.wordpress.com/2016/01/26/the-ill-wind-of-1000-learning-disabled-deaths/

See also http://alicemooreuk.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/the-mazars-report-and-beyond.html