Publication, Part of Learning Disability Services Statistics
Learning Disability Services Monthly Statistics, AT: September 2024, MHSDS: August 2024
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 This data did not correctly reflect the change to this question in AT v4 from 1 April 2024 and has been withdrawn as a result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
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.
17 October 2024 09:30 AM
Decommissioning of AT and MHSDS 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'.
17 October 2024 09:30 AM
Summary findings from MHSDS
MHSDS main findings - August 2024
At the end of August 2024 (based on hospital spells data):
- There were 3,790 people with learning disabilities and/ or autistic spectrum disorders (LDA) in hospital.
- There were 1,260 admissions and 1,390 discharges. 80% of these were discharged back into the community.
- There were 418,570 referrals¹ for people with LDA.
Of these inpatients:
- 1,135 (30%) had been in hospital for over 2 years.
- There are 1,160 inpatients with a planned discharge date (31%).
- 280 (7%) had a delayed discharge.
- The largest proportion (27%) were aged between 25-34 (1,040).
- The lowest proportion (4%) were aged under 18 (170).
- 67% were male (2,545) and 31% were female (1,185).
Findings based on ward stays data:
- There were 3,670 ward stays reported for the end of the period.
- The largest group of inpatients were in an adult mental health ward (2,060, 56%), followed by a learning disabilities ward (815, 22%).
- 2,205 (60%) were in a non-secure setting². 1,220 (33%) 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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