56 THE GREEK OMBUDSMAN ⚫ WELFARE INSTITUTIONS Social Welfare Centres hosting facilities • The Lechaina Branch for People with Disabilities of the Social Welfare Centre of the Region of Western Greece Following up on the NPM’s investigation of living conditions at the Lechaina Branch for People with Disabilities of the Social Welfare Centre of the Region of Western Greece (see Annual Reports 2015 & 2016), documents numbered 122373/37764/22.10.2015 and 122373/37764/7.7.2017 were sent to the Secretary - General for Welfare of the Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Solidarity, which remained unanswered. The NPM will continue monitoring the living conditions of people with severe physical and mental disabilities in the above context, even though conditions have improved after the interventions by Children Health Institute, in collaboration with Lumos (see Annual Report of 2016). The Ministry has not yet sent its written position on the administration’s intentions the Centre, and whether it will cease or continue to operate on adequate funding and organizational planning. • The Skaramagkas Unit of the Voula Branch for Treatment and Rehabilitation of Children with Disabilities (former Hospice for Chronic Children’s Disease of Skaramagkas) of the Social Welfare Centre of the Region of Attica (KKPPA) The Greek Ombudsman carried on 12.12.2016 out an inspection of the living conditions of minors and adults with severe mental disorders and/or disorders of the autistic spectrum at the Skaramagkas Unit of the Voula Branch for Treatment and Rehabilitation of Children with Disabilities (former Hospice for Chronic Children’s Disease of Skaramagkas) of the Social Welfare Centre of the Region of Attica (KKPPA). The Authority considered that the living conditions and care provided to the facility’s guests must be improved, that it must be gradually abolished and that all guests must gradually be transferred to a mor suitable facility within the community. A member of the NPM also cooperated with a team from the Welfare Directorate of the Ministry of Labour, which was carrying out an inspection pursuant to complaints, under an order by the public prosecutor concerning the Skaramagkas Unit, and information was regularly exchanged on the issue.