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One attempt to address these in England has been through incentivising general practices to complete annual health checks with people with a learning disability aged \u226514 years.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Aim<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To examine recent trends in learning disability registers and the uptake of learning disability annual health checks in England.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Design and setting<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Secondary analysis of publicly available general practice data.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Method<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>NHS England data relating to the learning disabilities annual health check scheme from January 2022 to November 2025 were compiled and analysed.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The number of 14\u201317-year-olds and adults on learning disability registers increased during this period by 30.49% and 14.53%, respectively. The most recent estimates indicate that around 0.588% (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 374 763\/63 766 671) of patients are on learning disability registers, with approximately 0.526% (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 355 102\/63 654 156) aged \u226514 years and eligible for annual health checks. The uptake of annual health checks increased slightly from 68.08% (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 15 940\/23 414) to 71.58% (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 19 217\/26 846) among 14\u201317-year-olds, and from 79.07% (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 226 701\/286 714) to 80.71% (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 248 449\/307 827) among adults. Uptake was lowest in the South West and East of England, and highest in London, but was similar across deciles of patient deprivation and practice size.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Ascertainment of people with a learning disability by primary care services appears to be improving but remains between one-third and one-quarter of prevalence estimates. 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