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Desperate to know how her autistic son Ryan was coping Sharon dialled the telephone number for the ward again, struggling to understand why she couldn’t get through – she had no idea then that both her and her husband’s telephone numbers had been deliberately blocked by NHS staff https://twitter.com/ShaunLintern/status/1284399121479208961
It's been 14 years since Ryan was first taken to hospital. All his doctors, nurses, NHS managers and even a tribunal judge say he should not be languishing in detention. But despite the promises from the NHS to get him out, he is still there. And he is not alone.
Since 2015 numbers of people with #autism detained in hospital has more than doubled to over 600.
"These powers that are meant to be used for emergencies are ending up being used for years and years and totally changing the course of someone's life" - @autism
"These powers that are meant to be used for emergencies are ending up being used for years and years and totally changing the course of someone's life" - @autism
Ryan has been isolated in long term segregation for years. He has been so heavily medicated he had to have 14 teeth removed...he's suffered bruises, broken bones and maybe worse...
Two years ago one of Ryan's clinicians raised clear concerns his detention was causing harm (see below). A tribunal earlier this year critcised @NHSEngland and @NHSHullCCG for not acting quickly enough:
Behind this fence is where Ryan lives. A forensic psychatry unit normally used for people who commit crime as a result of their illness. His 'crime' was to self-harm superficially 14 years ago:
