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Learning Disability: Primary Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Learning Disability annual health check has been removed as a national target for primary care in the 2025-26 NHS plan.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
25 Jun 2025
Target answer date
2 Jul 2025
Answer
4 Jul 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 25 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Learning Disability annual health check has been removed as a national target for primary care in the 2025-26 NHS plan.

  2. 2 Jul 2025

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  3. 4 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The national target to complete annual health checks for 75% of people with a learning disability is not included in the 2025/26 NHS Planning Guidance. Most recent data from 2023/24 shows 79.6% of checks were delivered, surpassing the previous 75% Nationa...

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