Recommendation R99: Key individual for resettlement communication
From Muckamore Abbey Hospital Inquiry Report, published 18 June 2026.
Recommendation
Communication between the HSCTs and/or resettlement service providers and families and people with learning disabilities should be more open and transparent. Each service user/family should have appointed to them a key individual who is responsible for ensuring both the family and the service user are consulted and kept informed in relation to considerations of resettlement, including the staff training of the proposed resettlement. The key individual should also be in a position to assist with advice on direct payments. (See also Recommendation 5).
Government response
No government response to this recommendation is on the record yet.
Delivery
No statement on delivery from Health and Social Care Northern Ireland or Northern Ireland Executive has been found in the sources searched (last checked 22 June 2026). This is separate from the response above.