Summary
Latest monthly statistics on Learning Disabilities and Autism (LDA) patients from the Assuring Transformation (AT) collection and Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS).
Data on inpatients with learning disabilities and/or autism are being collected both within the AT collection and MHSDS. There are differences in the inpatient figures between the AT and MHSDS data sets and work has been ongoing to better understand these. LDA data from MHSDS are experimental statistics.
From October 2021, LD MHSDS data has been collected under MHSDS version 5.
A number of comparators are published each month to assess the differences in reporting between the collections. These can be found in the MHSDS datasets section.
From 1 July 2022, Integrated Care Boards were established within Integrated Care Systems data and replaced Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs). Clinical Commissioning Groups have been replaced by sub-Integrated Care Boards. Data for the AT collection is now submitted by sub-Integrated Care Boards. This has resulted in some renaming within tables and the inclusion of a new Table 5.1b with a patient breakdown by submitting organisation. Patients by originating organisation and commissioning type are still available in Table 5.1a. Data in the tables are now presented by the current organisational structures. Old organisational structures have been mapped to new structures in any time series.
Disruption relating to the coronavirus illness (COVID-19) would seem to be affecting the quality and coverage of some of our statistics, such as an increase in non-submissions for some datasets. We have also seen some different patterns in the submitted data. For example, fewer patients are being admitted to and discharged from hospital. Therefore, data should be interpreted with care over the COVID-19 period.
There were 1,990 learning disabilities and/or autism inpatients at the end of the month.
1,115 (56%) of these have had a total length of stay* over 2 years
*Total length of stay is the time since the date of first admission to any hospital as part of this continuous period of inpatient care.
75 were admitted to hospital
35 were first admissions in a year, 10 were readmissions within a year of the previous discharge, and 25 were transfers from other hospitals
150 were discharged from hospital
120 (79%) of these were discharged back into the community
There were 3,385 people with learning disabilities and/ or autistic spectrum disorders (LDA) in hospital.
1,150 were admitted to hospital
1,250 were discharged from hospital
Last edited: 18 August 2022 8:54 am
