6 April 2017: Health and Care of People with Learning Disabilities: 2015-16 is published today by NHS Digital. It includes information on people with and without learning disabilities, collected from over half of GP practices in England, in 2014-15 and 2015-16.
The report identifies potential differences in the treatment, health status, and outcomes of people with learning disabilities compared with the rest of the population.
It includes information on the percentage of patients known to their GP as having a learning disability who received an annual learning disability health check.
The report includes information on the percentage of eligible patients with a learning disability who had a flu immunisation or screening in 2014-15 and 2015-16 for:
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Breast cancer
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Cervical cancer
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Colorectal cancer
In addition to this, there is information on the life expectancy of people with learning disabilities, and the number of deaths in comparison with the same age and sex specific mortality rate as the general population in the same period.
To see the full data set, view the report and CSV
Or view the interactive report. This tool is in Microsoft PowerBI which does not fully support all accessibility needs. If you need further assistance, please contact us for help.
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