lo2 - 2.4: historical context.

Question 1

historical context: what is meant by segregation?

Answer 1

separating groups of people based of their protected characteristics.

Question 2

historical context: what is meant by an asylum?

Answer 2

treating individuals as ration beings.

Question 3

historical context: what did the NHS and local government have to do when asylums closed?

Answer 3

they needed to re think there services where people with a variety of needs could receive their care and support.

Question 4

historical context: what happened when asylums were in their ‘heyday’s’?

Answer 4

1. people with learning disabilities were forcibly put into mental institutions
2. 1959 mental health act and the hospital plan (1962) warned about the run down asylums
3. 2000’s all asylums where closed down in the UK

Question 5

historical context: what happened after 2010 (10 years after all UK asylums had closed)?

Answer 5

1. 2011 (winterbourne view), mecap worked with families to put support in place.
2. 2015 (mecap launched hear my voice campaign)
3. 2016 (first stage of the here i am campaign)
4. 2018 (health campaign treat me well is launched).