Luciana Berger, Labour’s Shadow Cabinet Minister for Mental Health, commenting on the publication of Sir Stephen Bubb’s report on the transformation needed in learning disability services, “Time for Change - the Challenge Ahead”, said: 

“This report shows that the Tory Government still has much more work to do to ensure people with learning disabilities receive the right care and support.

"It has been five years since the appalling abuse at Winterbourne View was exposed. Ministers promised then to improve the care and support for people with learning disabilities, but too little progress has been made. Too many people with learning disabilities are still living in inadequately staffed and inappropriate institutions when they would be better cared for in the community. 

"Tory Ministers must avoid repeating their mistakes, accept these proposals and deliver the transformation in our learning disability services that is urgently required.”