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Publication, Part of Statistics on people with a learning disability and autistic people in mental health hospitals

Learning Disability Services Monthly Statistics, AT: July 2022, MHSDS: May 2022 Final

Official statistics, Experimental statistics

Publication Date:: 18 Aug 2022
Geographic Coverage:: England
Geographical Granularity:: Regions, Clinical Commissioning Groups, NHS Trusts
Date Range:: 01 Jul 2022 to 31 Jul 2022

Summary findings from MHSDS

MHSDS main findings

At the end of May 2022 (based on hospital spells data):

There were 3,385 people with learning disabilities and/ or autistic spectrum disorders (LDA) in hospital.
There were 1,150 admissions and 1,250 discharges. 77% of these were discharged back into the community.
There were 301,470 referrals¹ for people with LDA.

Of these inpatients:

1,155 (34%) had been in hospital for over 2 years.

There are 590 inpatients with a planned discharge date (17%).

235 (7%) had a delayed discharge.

The largest proportion (29%) were aged between 25-34 (980).

The lowest proportion (5%) were aged 65 and over (165).

68% were male (2,300) and 31% were female (1,065).

Findings based on ward stays data:

There were 3,225 ward stays reported for the end of the period.

The largest group of inpatients were in a adult mental health ward (1,595, 49%), followed by an learning disabilities ward (995, 31%).

1,885 (58%) were in a non-secure setting². 1,210 (38%) were in a secure setting.

490 (15%) travelled over 50km from home to get to the hospital for care or treatment.

580 patients were restrained at least once.

¹These include all open referrals without a hospital spell associated with them if the inpatient did not need to stay overnight in hospital.

²Non-secure wards include inpatients in general wards. Secure wards include patients in low, medium and high secure ward settings.

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