Too many people with autism ‘still stuck’ in mental health hospitals – charity

Autistic people and those with a learning disability are still being failed, a charity has said, describing new figures as showing too many remain “stuck” in mental health hospitals.

NHS England had pledged to reduce by March this year the number of inpatients to less than half of 2015 levels.

But figures published on Thursday suggested that target had not been met.

There were 2,045 learning disabilities and/or autism inpatients in mental health hospitals in at the end of March 2024.