Moved by
Baroness Hollins
297L: After Clause 148, insert the following new Clause—
“Mandatory training on learning disability and autism
(1) In regulation 18(2) of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/ 2936), for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—
“(a) receive—
(i) such appropriate support, training, professional development, supervision and appraisal as is necessary to enable them to carry out the duties they are employed to perform, and
(ii) in particular, specialist training in person on learning disability and autism, appropriate to their role, as set out in the code of practice issued by the Secretary of State under section (Mandatory training on learning disability and autism) of the Health and Care Act 2022.”
(2) With regard to specialist training on learning disability and autism, the Secretary of State must prepare and publish a code of practice (“the code”) containing guidance addressing—
(a) the content of mandatory training and its co-production,
(b) the appropriate levels of training required across staff roles,
(c) the co-delivery of training,
(d) the accreditation of training,
(e) the procurement of training,
(f) the monitoring and evaluation of the impact of training, and
(g) the implementation of mandating of training across regulated health and social care providers.
(3) The code must incorporate—
(a) the most recent Learning Disabilities Core Skills Education and Training Framework (or its successor framework, regardless of its name),
(b) the most recent Core Capabilities Framework for Supporting Autistic People (or its successor framework, regardless of its name),
(c) the autism strategy published under section 1 of the Autism Act 2009, and
(d) recent guidance issued in accordance with section 2 of the Autism Act 2009.
(4) The Secretary of State must seek the participation of and consult such persons and bodies as they consider appropriate—
(a) in preparing the code,
(b) in incorporating the relevant publications as set out in subsection (3), and
(c) in revising it.
(5) The Secretary of State may not issue the code or any revision unless a draft has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
(6) The Secretary of State must review the code every three years and lay their findings before Parliament.
(7) In this section—
“appropriate to their role” has the meaning given by the code;
“autism” means a spectrum of disorders which start in childhood, the clinical manifestations of which include atypical social communication and social interaction and restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviour;
“in person” means training delivered by people in the personal presence of the trainee and not by electronic or digital communication;
“learning disability” means a disability which includes a significantly reduced ability to understand new or complex information or to learn new skills, with a reduced ability to cope independently, which started before adulthood, with a lasting effect on development;
“specialist training” means training co-produced and co-delivered in person by persons who themselves have a learning disability or autism, or are a family member of someone who has a learning disability or autism, and that is accredited, in conformity with the code.”