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'She was so desperate, she swallowed a toothbrush'

Jane Haines's daughter, Ayla, has been in secure units for people with learning difficulties for seven years.

A government programme to move people out of these units after an abuse scandal is a failure, campaigners have told us.

The government said in 2015 it was committed to reducing inpatient numbers in England by at least 35%, although it has only relocated 20% so far.

Noel Phillips reports.

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