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Autism Bill

Proceeding contribution from David Lidington (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Friday, 27 February 2009. It occurred during Debate on bills on Autism Bill.
Will my hon. Friend confirm that the Bill's scope will extend to the whole national health service? In particular, I should like to know whether the Bill covers an issue that I discovered in taking up the case of a constituent with Asperger's who was detained in a secure mental hospital. I found that the special NHS trusts dealing with such hospitals did not know how many of their patients had conditions relating to the autistic spectrum, and that those special patients were frequently denied the services they needed because they were simply not available and therefore ended up warehoused, sometimes for many years, before such treatment was made available to them.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
488 c491 
Session
2008-09
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Legislation
Autism Bill 2008-09
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