care workers are always paid the minimum wage, including for time taken to travel between appointments? jeremy hunt there. we can speak now to alexis quinn, who is now manager at the charity the restraint reduction network and has been a patient in a treatment unit. she has autism and is a campaigner for people who have the condition. hello to you. thanks very much need forjoining us. ijust wonder, what you make of this report? firrz at forjoining us. ijust wonder, what you make of this report?- you make of this report? first of all, i m you make of this report? first of all. l miust you make of this report? first of all, i m just delighted you make of this report? first of all, i m just delighted that i you make of this report? first of. all, i m just delighted that jeremy all, i m just delighted thatjeremy hunt is pushing this forward. he described it as treatment of which shames a civil society, and that is absolutely rightful so blissfully clear, this is ten years on from when
institutional care for people with learning difficulties and autism. a report out today from the health and social care committee says that it s a matter of national shame that so many people are still being detained in secure units. it also concluded that this has prevented patients from being able to live fulfilled lives. former health secretaryjeremy hunt, who s chair of the health select committee, urged the new health secretary, sajid javid, to act on the report s findings. a little earlier, we heard from alexis quinn, who is now manager at the charity the restraint reduction network and has experience of being a patient in a treatment unit. she has autism and is a campaigner for people who have the condition. she explained what happened to her. like many autistic people and people with learning disabilities, i went through a crisis at home. i had a baby and my brother died at roughly the same time. that really kind of shook my routine and such like, and instead of getting care