Member

Following on from what the noble Baroness, Lady Barker, has so ably described to the Committee about the tiering of training, Amendment 42A perhaps goes a step further. It would amend the Bill to ensure that one of the two registered medical practitioners who recommend that someone be admitted for treatment is an expert in autism and learning disability, where these are either diagnosed or suspected. It is quite common, particularly with adults, for somebody to be admitted, only for the autism to be diagnosed for the first time in their lives once they are in a medical environment.