Clinical
the special projects team
<p>Until fairly recently, most people with intellectual disability and challenging behaviour lived in long-stay hospitals (Emerson and Hatton 1994, Jones and Eayrs 1993, McGill et al 1994). The reprovision of institutional services in community settings and the subsequent closure of the long-stay hospitals has required commissioners and providers to reconsider how this group of service users should be supported.</p>
