Learning disabilities: health checks, action plans and ethnicity

Indicator

The percentage of patients on the learning disability register who:

• received a learning disability health check and had a completed health action plan in the preceding 12 months and
• have a recording of ethnicity.

Resource impact

Existing indicator ID119 is as follows:

The contractor establishes and maintains a register of patients with learning disabilities.

The proposed indicator is expected to lead to an increase in the number of people on the learning disability register who receive a learning disability health check, have a completed health action plan in the preceding 12 months and have a recording of ethnicity. Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) data for 2021/22 shows that an average practice with 10,000 patients would have around 55 eligible patients.

2021/22 Network contract directed enhanced service data show that

64% of people aged 14 and over on the QOF learning disability register received an annual health check and a health action plan. This leaves around 20 people over 14 years per practice who do not currently receive a learning disability health check, have a completed health action plan in the preceding 12 months and have a recording of ethnicity.

There may be an impact on general practice as a result of more health action plans being completed. Due to the small numbers involved, the impact on general practice is anticipated to be minimal but this will be determined by current practice.