Coronavirus: Learning Disability
(asked on 20th May 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the rise in monthly increase in deaths of people with (a) autism and (b) learning difficulties during the covid-19 outbreak.
This question was answered on 3rd June 2020
Data on the number of deaths of people with a learning disability and/or autism as a result of COVID-19 has now been published by NHS England. We will continue to monitor this data to assess the impact of COVID-19 on people with a learning disability and/or autism.