Publication, Part of Learning Disability Services Statistics
Learning Disability Services Monthly Statistics, AT: May 2024, MHSDS: April 2024 [MHSDS data to be added on 25th July due to operational reasons]
Official statistics, Experimental statistics
Error affecting Table 4.6
An error affecting the “Patients with planned transfer/discharge date of which authority is aware” data by age and patient category within table 4.6 has been identified. This data did not correctly reflect the change to this question in AT v4 from 1 April 2024 and has been withdrawn as a result
The total number of patients with planned transfer/discharge date of which authority is aware is available in table 3.2 and is unaffected by the error which affected table 4.6.
The affected section of table 4.6 has been reinstated from the January 2025 publication (December 2024 data) onwards.
16 January 2025 09:30 AM
Release of MHSDS component of this publication
The MHSDS component of this publication was added in on 25th July 2024, following the release of the AT component on 20th June 2024.
This was due to the impact on MHSDS submission timescales resulting from the implementation of MHSDS v6.
Editions from August 2024 onwards are expected to revert to normal, with data from both collections available on release day.
NHS England apologises for any inconvenience this may have caused.
25 June 2024 09:30 AM
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.
20 June 2024 09:30 AM
Decommissioning of MHSDS and AT comparators file
Up until the edition of the Learning Disability Services publication released in April 2024, a comparators file showing the headcounts of inpatients across AT and MHSDS for each provider, as well as the headcount at England level, was included. We have decommissioned this file from the May 2024 release onwards to streamline our processes as key figures can be calculated using the data files we routinely publish as part of the Learning Disabilities and Autism publication series.
Full details are available within the Data Quality - MHSDS page under 'Accuracy and reliability'.
20 June 2024 09:30 AM
Summary findings from MHSDS
MHSDS main findings - April 2024
At the end of April 2024 (based on hospital spells data):
- There were 3,655 people with learning disabilities and/ or autistic spectrum disorders (LDA) in hospital.
- There were 1,190 admissions and 1,385 discharges. 80% of these were discharged back into the community.
- There were 369,670 referrals¹ for people with LDA.
Of these inpatients:
- 1,090 (30%) had been in hospital for over 2 years.
- There are 1,125 inpatients with a planned discharge date (31%).
- 240 (7%) had a delayed discharge.
- The largest proportion (28%) were aged between 25-34 (1,015).
- The lowest proportion (5%) were aged under 18 (200).
- 66% were male (2,415) and 32% were female (1,155).
Findings based on ward stays data:
- There were 3,605 ward stays reported for the end of the period.
- The largest group of inpatients were in an adult mental health ward (1,920, 53%), followed by a learning disabilities ward (805, 22%).
- 2,055 (57%) were in a non-secure setting². 1,235 (34%) were in a secure setting.
- 435 (12%) travelled over 50km from home to get to the hospital for care or treatment.
1 These include all open referrals without a hospital spell associated with them if the inpatient did not need to stay overnight in hospital.
2 Non-secure wards include inpatients in general wards. Secure wards include patients in low, medium and high secure ward settings.
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