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People with learning disabilities in England 2012

People with learning disabilities in England 2012. Eric Emerson, Amanda Kenney, Gyles Glover. People with learning disabilities in England 2012. Fifth annual digest of statistics about people with learning disabilities and their care Linked to the learning disability health profiles

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People with learning disabilities in England 2012

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  1. People with learning disabilities in England 2012 Eric Emerson, Amanda Kenney, Gyles Glover

  2. People with learning disabilities in England 2012 • Fifth annual digest of statistics about people with learning disabilities and their care • Linked to the learning disability health profiles • - Where possible these provide local version of the data. • Centre for Disability Research produced two editions (2005 and 2008) • This is the third by IHaL (2010, 2011, 2012) People with Learning Disabilities in England 2012

  3. Numbers of people with learning disabilities • 1.14 Million people Population pyramid People with Learning Disabilities in England 2012

  4. Mortality Median age at death People with LD 57 Other people 81 Sources – death certificate data – people identified as having LD or a condition such as Down’s Syndrome that is usually associated. Median age is the age by which half of deaths have occurred This year also major report by the Confidential Inquiry People with Learning Disabilities in England 2012

  5. Using health services • 10,000 more people were identified as needing an annual health check with their GP • 13,000 more people had an annual health check • For the first time more than 50% of people requiring a health check received a health check • The best 30 areas did health checks for 7 out of 10 people • The worst 30 areas did less than 4 out of every 10 people needing them People with Learning Disabilities in England 2012

  6. Children • In schools, IDENTIFICATION of • Moderate LD is falling (-7% per year), • Severe (+2% per year) and • Profound LD (+ 4.5%)is rising • Wide variation in the proportion of children with LD in mainstream schools: Association with poverty in all groups Free school meals: No SEN 14% MLD 37% SLD 35% PMLD 27% People with Learning Disabilities in England 2012

  7. Adult Social Care – residential placements Over the last seven years: • Numbers of adults living in Adult placements • Nursing care • LA staffed residential care • Independent sector residential care People with Learning Disabilities in England 2012

  8. Adult Social Care: Gross spend People with Learning Disabilities in England 2012

  9. Adult Social Care • Users Experiences of Social Care - Survey • People with LD compared to those with: • Physical disability • Mental health problems • Substance misuse • Vulnerable people • Strongly positive responses for • Quality of life, Satisfaction with services, how services make me feel, information and advice, general health • BUT many more helped to complete survey by care worker. People with Learning Disabilities in England 2012

  10. Employment • Slight rise in proportion of adults with LD known to LAs working full or part time • This recovers losses of 2008/9 to 2009/10 • Most work part-time • Wide range between local authorities People with Learning Disabilities in England 2012

  11. Abuse of vulnerable adults • 26,750 alerts relating to people with LD in 2011/12, • up from 20,165 in 2010/11 • These are new statistics Outcome of concluded cases People with Learning Disabilities in England 2012

  12. Abuse of vulnerable adults Relationship of alleged perpetrator to alleged victim People with Learning Disabilities in England 2012

  13. Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards • Steady increase in the number granted to LAs • Number granted to PCTs fell then steady • Some differences from DOLS for other reasons People with Learning Disabilities in England 2012

  14. Benefits • Numbers of PWLD claiming DLA increasing by 5% a year. Cost in 2012 £1.51bn, up 12% from 2011 • Attendance allowance falling but many fewer people People with Learning Disabilities in England 2012

  15. Some Concluding Thoughts • The value of information • Monitoring progress (direct payments and self-directed support, home care, health checks) • Identifying persistent problems (employment, inclusive education) • Documenting inequality (local variation) • If only ……. • It was joined up • It told us about outcomes • It allowed disaggregation by gender, age, ethnicity ….. • We are unique! People with Learning Disabilities in England 2012

  16. People with learning disabilities in England 2012www.ihal.org.uk/projects/annualreportwww.ihal.org.uk/profiles Eric Emerson, Amanda Kenney, Gyles Glover

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