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New Statutory body as an alternative to the NHS for mental health and hidden disability

IrishInManchesterUK

Now that advances in medical science has uncovered more people in modern times, children, adolescents and adults alike, including in the post-Covid era, with mental health and hidden disabilities including autism, is it not now time to set up a separate statutory body, properly funded and properly managed, entirely seperate from the NHS, dealing exclusively with all mental health and hidden disability issues? We all know the problems of the NHS that have been going on for decades and are well-documented, of mismanagement and wastage, so is it not time for a fresh start with a new body, alongside implementing reforms within the NHS?

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  • And one more thing to add before I bail out to walk my dogs.

    The centres should fundamentally be tasked not just to help the person that comes there negotiate the problems they encounter.  They should address the systemic problems they encounter that cause them....

  • in reply to Phased

    One thing that would stop issues ia if ALL staff in All Buisnessea had to understand all disablitys but Bo they go on a crap awareness course where a man in ansuit twoks them what aswers to give Eto pass a one page test

  • in reply to Thpsguy

    This is the very reason why urgent amendments to the Autism Act 2009 must be made, with far greater enforcement powers (in a similar way to the health and safety laws) and with massively increased provision for police investigations and criminal prosecutions of senior management who are found not implementing the provisions correctly - only when we as autistic people have ever more draconian laws to protect our rights will we ever get anywhere - there is no point in having laws unless they are properly enforced and there also needs to be greater monitoring and supervision of senior management specially provided for in any amendments to the Autism Act 2009 

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    What about autistic people being such a clique albeit demonstrating that there is another way?

    I'm personally working all the time it seems to resolve my fears of "falling foul" of someone or another - and I'm gradually learning to overcome that fear.  I think that it is called "learned helplessness".

  • in reply to Alexa

    Please excuse my response to that which is made to   but - ME TOO an awful lot of the time - why it is so hard for me to bring the "bigger picture", "longer wavelength" view together I've looked to do in this thread.  As I have looked to explain: partly I ascribe this to the developmental "hard wiring" of my neurotypical brain and also the learnt psychological perspective of it being harder to accept that there can be a better way rather than just having to put up with it because of all the problems one might envisage or experience in trying to resolve it.  I personally come with a lifetime of baggage in that respect and I strongly suspect a lot of other autistic people do too.

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    I have made several posts in that respect in this thread   I respectfully refer you to those.

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