Publication, Part of Learning Disability Services Statistics
Learning Disability Services Monthly Statistics, AT: April 2025, MHSDS: March 2025
Official statistics, Experimental statistics
Resolution of Gender code issue previously affecting Tables 2.1 and 4.3
NHS England previously identified an issue affecting the ‘Gender identity’ breakdown forming part of Table 2.1 in the LDA monthly statistics from AT-Data tables. The issue also affected the ‘Gender’ breakdown which is part of Table 4.3.
These breakdowns were temporarily removed from the respective tables, as well as from the AT csv file while we investigated the issue.
This issue has now been resolved and the breakdown has been reinstated in each table.
NHS England apologises for any inconvenience caused.
22 May 2025 09:30 AM
New Restrictive Intervention (AT) Data Quality Report
NHS England have added a new data quality report to the publication. The report presents information on the completion of restrictive intervention data by submitting organisations in the Assuring Transformation (AT) data collection. The purpose of the report is to highlight where completion of restrictive intervention data is poorer to improve data quality.
Restrictive intervention data is submitted to the Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS) and this is the main source of use of force data for restrictive interventions for patients in contact with Mental Health Services. Data on restrictive interventions for people with a learning disability or autistic people in mental health hospital is included in this publication in the MHSDS data tables.
22 May 2025 09:30 AM
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, however, while impacts from the cyber incident are still present they will be considered to be management information.
From April 2024, LDA MHSDS data has been collected under MHSDS version 6.
From 1 July 2022, Integrated Care Boards were established within Integrated Care Systems and replaced Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (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 Clinical Commissioning Groups have been replaced by sub-Integrated Care Boards.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.
Key Facts
There were 2,025 learning disabilities and/or autism inpatients at the end of April 2025
1,015 (50%) of these have had a total length of stay* over 2 years
120 were admitted to hospital
60 were first admissions in a year, 30 were readmissions within a year of the previous discharge, and 30 were transfers from other hospitals.
180 were discharged from hospital
145 (80%) of these were discharged back into the community
There were 3,965 people with learning disabilities and/ or autistic spectrum disorders (LDA) in hospital at the end of March 2025
1,350 were admitted to hospital during March 2025
1,525 were discharged from hospital during March 2025
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