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Written question asked by Al Pinkerton (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 13 January 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 15 January 2026. It was answered by Zubir Ahmed (Labour) on Tuesday, 20 January 2026 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Learning Disability: Surrey Heath

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) quality and (b) accessibility of health and care services for people with learning disabilities in Surrey Heath constituency.

Answer

Significant action is underway to improve the quality and accessibility of health and care services for people with a learning disability at a local level, helping to deliver the shift from treatment to prevention, outlined in our 10-Year Health Plan, which is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/10-year-health-plan-for-england-fit-for-the-future

The national Learning Disabilities Health Check Scheme is designed to encourage general practices to identify all patients aged 14 years old and over with a learning disability, and to offer them an annual health check and health action plan. Further information on the Learning Disabilities Health Check Scheme is available at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/learning-disabilities-health-check-scheme

The latest published data for Surrey Heath shows that 82.78% of people with a learning disability in the area had completed a health check, and that 80.19% of learning disability patients in Surrey Heath had a completed health action plan. The latest published data for Surrey Heath is available at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/learning-disabilities-health-check-scheme/england-march-2025

According to recently published data on Health and Care of People with Learning Disabilities, 81.5% of people with a learning disability had completed an annual health check in England. Further information on the recently published data on Health and Care of People with Learning Disabilities is available at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/health-and-care-of-people-with-learning-disabilities/experimental-statistics-2024-to-2025

The Surrey All Ages Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Autism Oversight Committee routinely monitors the following:

- admissions and discharges for adults, and children and young people with a learning disability and any barriers to timely discharge;

- mandatory training on learning disability and autism;

- performance on Care (Education) and Treatment Reviews and commissioner oversight visits;

- Dynamic Support Register governance; and

- implementation of the Reasonable Adjustments Digital Flag.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
105527
Session
2024-26
Related items
Deposited Paper DEP2025-0460
Monday, 7 July 2025
Deposited papers
House of Lords
Subjects
Health services Learning disability Standards Surrey Heath
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk