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
Health Checks
Patients with a learning disability who had a health check by sex
57.8% of patients (58.4% female and 57.4% male) with a learning disability had a Learning Disability Health Check in 2019-20, a statistically significant increase from 51.6% (52.3% female and 51.1% male) in 2015-16.
Patients with a learning disability who had a health check by age band
The 14 to 17 age band is the only age group that shows an annual increase in the percentage of health checks carried out over the five years, from 25.3% in 2015-16 to 38.7% in 2019-20 (an increase of 13.4 percentage points).
All other age bands show an increase in the percentage of health checks carried out each year from 2015-16 to 2018-19, however there is a decrease in the percentage of health checks carried out for these age bands in 2019-20. This decrease is significant in the following age bands: 25 to 34, 35 to 44, 50 to 54, 60 to 64, 65 to 69, 75 and over.
Last edited: 13 May 2026 3:39 pm