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Back in 2018, File on 4 revealed the story of Bethany \\u2013 an autistic teenager who had been locked in a hospital room alone for two years, her only contact with the outside world through a hatch.\\n \\nWhat happened to her and others with learning disabilities who have been promised care in therapeutic community settings?\\n \\nFollowing what NHS England called the \\u2018appalling scandal\\u2019 at Winterbourne View, the Government promised to close up to half of all inpatient beds for people with a learning disability or autism by March 2019, under a programme called Transforming Care.

Yet this target has been missed. And almost one in 5 patients with learning disabilities still in hospital has now been there for over ten years.

A series of damning reports \\u2013 most recently from the CQC \\u2013 have called for urgent reform. So what has gone wrong with Transforming Care?

Reporter: Melanie Abbott\\nProducers: Helen Clifton & Paul Grant\\nEditor: Gail Champion