Autism and Learning Disability

(asked on 9th February 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made on reducing the number of people with a learning disability and autism in inpatient settings.


Answered by
Helen Whately Portrait
Helen Whately
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 26th February 2021

According to the latest NHS Digital Assuring Transformation data, since March 2015 there has been a 29% reduction in the number of people with a learning disability and autistic people in specialist inpatient settings.

As of December 2020, eight Transforming Care Partnerships have currently achieved the 2024 NHS Long Term Plan target rate of 30 adults in a mental health inpatient setting per million of the adult population and a further eight have achieved the March 2020 target of 37 per million.

We have established a new Building the Right Support Delivery Board to oversee implementation of the Building the Right Support national plan. The Board brings together representatives from Government departments, local government and other organisations with responsibilities for elements of the plan.

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