Summary
Latest monthly statistics on people with a learning disability and autistic people in inpatient services from the Assuring Transformation (AT) collection and Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS).
Data on inpatients with learning disabilities and/or autism are being collected both within the AT collection and MHSDS. There are differences in the inpatient figures between the AT and MHSDS data sets and work has been ongoing to better understand these. LDA data from MHSDS are experimental statistics, however, while impacts from the cyber incident are still present they will be considered to be management information.
From April 2024, LDA MHSDS data has been collected under MHSDS version 6.
From 1 July 2022, Integrated Care Boards were established within Integrated Care Systems and replaced Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STPs). Clinical Commissioning Groups have been replaced by sub-Integrated Care Boards. Data for the AT collection is now submitted by sub-Integrated Care Boards. This has resulted in some renaming within tables and the inclusion of a new Table 5.1b with a patient breakdown by submitting organisation. Patients by originating organisation and commissioning type are still available in Table 5.1a. Data in the tables are now presented by the current organisational structures. Old organisational structures have been mapped to new structures in any time series.
Key Facts
There were 2,110 people with a learning disability and autistic people in inpatient services at the end of February 2026
1,020 (48%) of these have had a total length of stay* over 2 years
105 were admitted to hospital
60 were first admissions in a year, 30 were readmissions within a year of the previous discharge, and 15 were transfers from other hospitals
155 were discharged from hospital
125 (82%) of these were discharged back into the community
There were 4,025 people with a learning disability and autistic people in hospital at the end of January 2026
1,390 were admitted to hospital during January 2026
1,455 were discharged from hospital during January 2026
Last edited: 19 March 2026 9:31 am
