Report: The Learning Disabilities Statistics Annual Overview – HSCIC
A report published by the Health & Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) provides an overview of the number of people with learning disabilities and/or autism receiving inpatient care in hospital.
The Learning Disabilities Statistics Annual Overview is the first annual report of its kind from the HSCIC. It brings together various sources of statistics to produce robust data on the number of people with learning disabilities or autistic spectrum disorder. Analysis focuses on the Assuring Transformation collection and provides counts of inpatients who are:
- Admitted or transferred to hospital
- Discharged or transferred from hospital
- Receiving inpatient care
- Receiving long-term inpatient care (over 5 years)
The report also includes information about the number of inpatients aged under 18 years old with learning disabilities or autism admitted to hospital, including length of stay and age at admission.
Data is collected from the Assuring Transformation Learning Disability Census; Hospital Episode Statistics; the Quality Outcomes Framework; the Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Data Set and the Mental Health Services Data Set, all published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre.
Key facts
- 2,650 patients receiving inpatient care at the end of February 2016 compared to 2,820 at the end of February 2015;
- 1,800 admissions/transfers to inpatient care;
- 1,970 discharges/transfers from inpatient care;
- 895 people have been receiving continuous inpatient care for over 5 years.
- Of admissions/transfers in the year, 280 were under 18 years old at the time of admission;
- Of discharges/transfers in the year, 235 were under 18 years old at the time of discharge;
- Of those who were under 18 years old on admission 10 patients were recorded as receiving continuous inpatient care for over 5 years.
- 57,608 people were in contact with Learning Disability Services in January 2016 as per the new MHSDS collection
The full report can be viewed at http://www.hscic.gov.uk/pubs/lds1516
