Publication, Part of Health and Care of People with Learning Disabilities
Health and Care of People with Learning Disabilities Experimental Statistics 2019 to 2020
Experimental statistics, Other reports and statistics, Official statistics in development
Data Quality Notice
NHS England had identified an issue with the data for the following indicator which was reported in the Interactive Visualisation Tool and the data csv file for this publication:
LDOB080 - Number of patients recorded on their general practice’s Learning Disabilities Register aged 14 years or over who have received an annual learning disability health check and have been provided with a health action plan, as at the end of the reporting period.
The proportion of people on the learning disability register with a heath check and health action plan was lower than expected. We have investigated the issue and found an error in the data extraction. We have therefore removed LDOB080 from the published Power BI and csv files for years 2019-20 through to 2024-25. An alternative source of this data is available for this indicator and we recommend that you refer to the Learning Disability Health Check Scheme publication for March 2020: Learning Disabilities Health Check Scheme - NHS England Digital
13 May 2026 11:58 AM
Data Coverage
Data on people with and without learning disabilities was collected from 56.2% to 60.3% of GP practices in England for the years 2015-16 to 2019-20, to identify potential differences in treatment, health status and outcomes of people with learning disabilities compared to the rest of the population.
Patient coverage
56.6% of patients registered in England in 2019-20 were included in this publication compared to 53.9% for 2015-16.
Prevalence of patients with a learning disability
Overall, 0.5% (161,974) of the patients included in this publication were listed on their GP practices Learning Disabilities Register in 2019-20.
Last edited: 13 May 2026 3:39 pm