Publication, Part of Learning Disability Services Statistics
Learning Disability Services Monthly Statistics, AT: January 2025, MHSDS: December 2024
Official statistics, Experimental statistics
Changes to reporting for patients on extended leave under Section 17 of the Mental Health Act
With effect from the publication on 20 February 2025, patients who are recorded in Assuring Transformation as on extended leave under Section 17 (S17) of the Mental Health Act due to specific court judgments (MM / PJ judgments) will be excluded from the inpatient counts reported in the publication.
A change to the guidance for data submitters on recording such patients in the data was issued in November 2024. Where historic data in the data tables is refreshed each month to account for updates by data submitters, patients will be excluded from the counts from each time point from 30 November 2024 onwards.
20 February 2025 09:30 AM
Summary findings from the AT dataset
Main findings
Data collected at the end of January 2025 shows that:
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There were 2,065 learning disabilities and/or autism inpatients at the end of the month.
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More patients were discharged (150) than admitted (110) to hospitals.
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120 (80%) were discharged back into the community.
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Many inpatients have been in hospital for a long time. Of those in hospital at the end of the month, 1,040 (50%) have had a total length of stay of over 2 years. This includes 320 who have been in hospital for more than 10 years.
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855 (41%) inpatients are in a secure ward.
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There were more males than females in hospital.
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The largest number of inpatients (625, 30%) were aged between 25-34, and the lowest number (40, 2%) were aged 65 and over.
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110 were admitted to hospital. Of these 60 were first admissions, 25 were readmissions within a year of the previous discharge, and 20 were transfers from other hospitals.
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600 inpatients (29%) last had a review of care over 6 months ago.
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30% of inpatients (515) in hospital travelled up to 10km for care or treatment, whilst approximately 32% of inpatients (545) in hospital travelled over 50km for care or treatment.
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410 inpatients (20%) have a date planned for them to leave hospital.
Inpatients
Overall Counts
There were 2,065 learning disabilities and/or autism inpatients at the end of the month. Of these, 1,965 have been receiving care from the start of the month.
Of the NHS England commissioning regions, Midlands accounts for the highest proportion of learning disabilities inpatients (20% of the total), whilst East of England and South West have the lowest (each 10% of the total).
Inpatient Age and Gender
(220, 10%) of inpatients are under 18 and (40, 2%) are 65 and over. The largest number of inpatients are in the 25-34 group (625, 30%).
Overall, there were more males than females in hospital.
Total Length of Stay
An inpatient’s total length of stay is the time since the date of their first admission to any hospital as part of this continuous period of inpatient care.
Of those in hospital at the end of the month, 1,040 (50%) have had a total length of stay over 2 years. This includes 320 who have been in hospital for more than 10 years.
Ward Security Level
1,210 (59%) of inpatients are in a non-secure ward, and 855 (41%) are in a secure ward. 70 (3%) of inpatients were in a high secure ward setting.
Non-secure wards include inpatients in general wards and psychiatric intensive care units (PICU). Secure wards include patients with low, medium and high secure ward settings.
Time since most recent review of care plan
925 (45%) inpatients had a review of care within the last 12 weeks. 600 (29%) last had a review of care over 6 months (26 weeks) ago.
Admissions
Counts of admissions include people who were admitted in the month and who were admitted and discharged in the month. For further details see the Glossary and Definitions in the AT Appendices.
Admissions by Status on Admission
110 were admitted to hospital during January 2025. Of these 60 were first admissions in a year, 25 were readmissions within a year of the previous discharge, and 20 were transfers from other hospitals.
Source of Admission
Patients were most commonly admitted from their usual place of residence (48%), followed by from other hospital (Mental Health/LD), (24%).
Discharges / transfers
Counts of discharges include people who were discharged in the month and who were admitted and discharged in the month. Discharges includes where patients were transferred to other hospitals.
The recording of Discharge destination changed in v3 of the dataset from April 2021, earlier data is not comparable.
For further details see the Glossary and Definitions in the AT Appendices.
Discharge Destination
150 inpatients were discharged from a hospital during January 2025. Of these 120 (80%) were discharged back to the community. 25 (18%) were transferred to another hospital setting.
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