PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Health Services: Learning Disability (19 May 2016)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average length of time is that a patient stays in an Assessment and Treatment Unit.

Asked by:
Jonathan Reynolds (Labour)

Answer

At the end of April 2016 for inpatients with a learning disability and/or autism, the average length of stay was 1,095 days. The total number of inpatients was 2,565. 415 were diagnosed with autism only and 555 patients had a learning disability and autism (Learning Disability Services Monthly Statistics, April 2016).

The average weekly cost for inpatient care was £3,563 per week in September 2015 (Learning Disability Census: England 2015)

Both the Learning Disability Services Monthly Statistics and the Learning Disability Census provide data on people with learning disabilities and/or autism spectrum disorder receiving inpatient care commissioned in England.


Answered by:
Alistair Burt (Conservative)
24 May 2016

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