CQC review shows children cared for in segregation are in a “very vulnerable” situation

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) wants to examine the quality of care and safeguarding of every person who is being held in segregation in mental health wards for children and young people and wards for people with a learning disability or autism. The call comes following early findings from its review of restraint, prolonged seclusion and segregation for people with a mental health problem, a learning disability or autism.  It found that people who are cared for in segregation are in a very vulnerable situation. Their world is narrowed to a highly restricted existence in a single room, or a small suite of