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Mental health bulletin: 2019-20 annual report
- Author:
- NHS DIGITAL
- Publisher:
- NHS Digital
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Pagination:
- 27
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
This publication provides a detailed picture of people who used NHS funded secondary mental health, learning disabilities and autism services in England during the financial year 2019-20. Key findings include: 2,878,636 people were known to be in contact with secondary mental health, learning disabilities and autism services at some point in the year – 763,888 of these were under 18 years of age; this means that 5.1% of people in England were known to be in contact with secondary mental health, learning disabilities and autism services during this year; 3.6% (104,536) of people known to be in contact with secondary mental health, learning disabilities and autism services spent time in hospital as part of being in contact with these services during 2019-20. (Edited publisher abstract)
Learning disabilities statistics: annual overview, England 2015-2016, experimental statistics: executive summary
- Author:
- HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE INFORMATION CENTRE
- Publisher:
- Health and Social Care Information Centre
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 19
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
This annual overview collates information from a range of statistics on people with learning disabilities and/or autistic spectrum conditions. It focuses on the Assuring Transformation collection where data is at national level providing information on patients with learning disabilities and/or autism spectrum disorder receiving inpatient care commissioned in England. The data covers the year ending 29 February 2016. This summary presents key measures at England level, additional data tables show the breakdowns at Clinical Commissioning Group and provider levels. Key facts reported include: 2,650 patients were receiving inpatient care at the end of February 2016 compared to 2,820 at the end of February 2015; there were 1,800 admissions/transfers to inpatient care; and 1,970 discharges/transfers from inpatient care. A total of 895 people have been receiving continuous inpatient care for over 5 years. (Edited publisher abstract)
Far less than they deserve: children with learning disabilities or autism living in mental health hospitals
- Author:
- CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONER FOR ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- Children's Commissioner for England
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 36
- Place of publication:
- London
Drawing on an analysis of data and the results of hospital visits to speak to children, this report explores the experience of children with a learning disability or autism who are admitted to child and adolescent mental health hospitals for long periods. It looks issues such as the quality of care, access to education, participation in activities, the use of seclusion and restraint, and medication. It also considers the reasons children with a learning disability or autism can be in hospital unnecessarily. This may be due to a lack of specialist community provision, a lack of support at home, or financial incentives to keep children in hospital. The research shows that numbers of children with a learning disability or autism identified in mental health hospitals is increasing; children are being detained in hospital for too long; and children are often placed too far from their family and home. The report also found evidence of poor restrictive practices and use of sedation. It makes a number of recommendations, including the need to provide new funding for the right support in the community to enable children to stay with their families. (Edited publisher abstract)
The adult social care workforce supporting people with learning disabilities and/or autism
- Author:
- SKILLS FOR CARE
- Publisher:
- Skills for Care
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 33
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
Based on data from the National Minimum Dataset for Social Care (NMDS-SC), this report provides an overview of the adult social care workforce supporting people with learning disabilities and/or autism. It provides information on recruitment and retention rates, demographics, level of pay, and qualifications and training. Based on the 367,500 workers recorded in the NMDS-SC who were employed in learning disability and/or autism services, the report estimates there were 665,000 jobs in the adult social care learning disabilities and/or autism workforce in 2017/18. Of these, 57,600 were in the local authority sector and 575,000 were in the independent sector. The turnover rate is estimated at 29.3 per cent. (Edited publisher abstract)