Publication, Part of Learning Disabilities Health Check Scheme
[MI] Learning Disabilities Health Check Scheme, England, October 2024
Summary
The learning disabilities health check scheme is designed to encourage practices to identify all patients aged 14 and over with learning disabilities, to maintain a learning disabilities 'health check' register and offer them an annual health check, which will include producing a health action plan.
The learning disabilities health check scheme is one of a number of GP enhanced services. Enhanced services are voluntary reward programmes that cover primary medical services; one of their main aims is to reduce the burden on secondary care services. Data for other enhanced services are published annually, the latest release of these data is available under related links below.
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Key Facts
125,094 learning disability health checks were completed between April and October 2024.
This is 37.2% of those on the learning disability register aged 14 and over.
116,752 learning disability health action plans were completed between April and October 2024.
This is 34.7% of those on the learning disability register aged 14 and over.
6,187 GP practices (96.7% of all those active) participated and submitted learning disabilities health check data.
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