Health bosses have apologised to a person who skilled delays in arranging aftercare following his detention beneath the Mental Health Act.

The affected person, who had extreme autism and schizophrenia, was sectioned in December 2016.

The Local Government & Social Care Ombudsman ordered the NHS and Peterborough council to pay the person and his father £600 in compensation.

The NHS stated it wished to “learn from errors”.

Peterborough City Council stated it had since organized an aftercare assembly.

The man, who additionally had studying and communication difficulties and was known as Mr X in a report by the ombudsman, was discharged in February 2017.

His carer, known as Mr Y, filed a grievance as he was not allotted a care co-ordinator after his launch as required.

The ombudsman upheld a grievance from the carer in May 2022.

It discovered the NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board (ICB), the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT), and the council have been answerable for “shared failure”.

An additional grievance made in November 2023 discovered the ombudsman’s findings weren’t acted on.

The three organisations have been ordered to pay £100 every to each the person, and to his carer.

They have been advised to nominate a care co-ordinator and prepare an aftercare assembly inside two months.

The ICB and CPFT supplied their “sincere apologies to the individuals involved” and in a joint assertion added: “We want to acknowledge and learn from errors where things have not gone the way they should have.”

The council stated a Section 117 assessment (aftercare assembly) had been accomplished and stated: “We are actively working with our partners to resolve the appointment of a care co-ordinator”.

A spokesperson stated it apologised to the people for “any distress caused”.