Publication, Part of Learning Disability Services Statistics
Learning Disability Services Monthly Statistics, AT: December 2024, MHSDS: November 2024
Official statistics, Experimental statistics
Change to Submission Window used for MHSDS Restrictive Intervention Performance Reporting
From October 2024 activity onwards, MHSDS Restrictive Interventions Performance data is reported from submissions made in the month following the activity period, rather than the second month.
As such, there will no longer be a time lag in the reporting of MHSDS Restrictive Interventions data (Tables 15-18) within this publication compared with all other MHSDS data.
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Changes to AT dataset from April 2024
Significant changes were made to the AT dataset (v4.0) from 2 April 2024. Some of these changes impacted on the breakdowns available in the AT data tables and these have been footnoted where relevant.
Full details about these changes can be found within the current release of the AT information standard.
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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 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 Clinical Commissioning Groups have been replaced by sub-Integrated Care Boards.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.
Key Facts
There were 2,050 learning disabilities and/or autism inpatients at the end of December 2024
1,065 (52%) of these have had a total length of stay* over 2 years
70 were admitted to hospital
30 were first admissions in a year, 20 were readmissions within a year of the previous discharge, and 20 were transfers from other hospitals.
130 were discharged from hospital
105 (80%) of these were discharged back into the community
There were 3,755 people with learning disabilities and/ or autistic spectrum disorders (LDA) in hospital at the end of November 2024
1,245 were admitted to hospital during November 2024
1,415 were discharged from hospital during November 2024
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