Inclusion Health and Inequality Groups:

Special Educational Needs and Disabilites (SEND)

A child or young person has special educational needs and disabilities if they have a learning difficulty and/or a disability that means they need special health and education support.

The SEND Code of Practice 2014 and the Children and Families Act 2014 gives guidance to health and social care, education and local authorities to make sure that children and young people with SEND are properly supported. The aim is to make sure that people with SEND get the support they need to live an ordinary life.

Useful Resources

  • Census 2021: Disability by age, sex and deprivation, England and Wales (ONS)

    Insights into disability prevalence in England using Census 2021 data

    View resource
    Data and Analysis
  • Census 2021: Protected characteristics by disability status, England and Wales (ONS)

    Report exploring how observed trends found in disability are also found for other protected characteristics, including ethnic group, religion, sexual orientation, and legal partnership status.

    View resource
    Data and Analysis
  • Disability, England and Wales: Census 2021 (Office for National Statistics, 2023)

    A summary of the latest statistics on self-reported disability in England and Wales, based on Census 2021 data. This includes an interactive map showing how levels of disability (aged-standardised) vary across local authorities in England.

    View resource
    Data and Analysis
  • Learning disability – applying All Our Health (Public Health England, 2023)

    This guide helps frontline workers to provide the best possible support for people with a learning disability and their families.

    View resource
    Data and Analysis
  • People with learning disabilities – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) resources

    All NICE products on people with learning disabilities. Includes any guidance and quality standards.

    View resource
    Guidance and Best Practice
  • People with learning disabilities in England (Public Health England, 2020)

    Updates of national statistics about people with learning disabilities in England and the services and support available to them and their families.

    View resource
    Data and Analysis
  • People with physical disabilities – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) resources

    All NICE products on people with physical disabilities. Includes any guidance.

    View resource
    Guidance and Best Practice
  • SPOTLIGHT: Improving Inclusion Health Outcomes Tool (Office for Health Improvement and Disparities)

    Spotlight is a platform that collates and presents key statistics related to the public health outcomes of Inclusion health groups across the following themes: access to and utilisation of health care; preventative care; health outcomes; and wider determinants of health.

    View resource
    Website of resources
  • The unequal impact of COVID-19: investigating the effect on people with certain protected characteristics (NHS Confederation, 2022)

    Research conducted by public bodies has shown that COVID-19 has had a greater impact, both directly and indirectly, on people who share certain protected characteristics (such as belonging to particular ethnicities or age categories, having a disability, or being women or from the LGBTQ+ community). Health and care services have a major role to play in both identifying the extent of these impacts as well as working together to reduce them.

    This report showcases examples of health and care systems across the country devising innovative approaches to mitigate the direct effects of COVID-19, through targeted vaccination campaigns, and support for people to recover from indirect impacts, through wellbeing and support programmes.

    View resource
    Data and Analysis Guidance and Best Practice Research and Reports

Currently no resources for this region

  • Census 2021: Disability by age, sex and deprivation, England and Wales (ONS)

    Insights into disability prevalence in England using Census 2021 data

    View resource
    Data and Analysis
  • Census 2021: Protected characteristics by disability status, England and Wales (ONS)

    Report exploring how observed trends found in disability are also found for other protected characteristics, including ethnic group, religion, sexual orientation, and legal partnership status.

    View resource
    Data and Analysis
  • Disability, England and Wales: Census 2021 (Office for National Statistics, 2023)

    A summary of the latest statistics on self-reported disability in England and Wales, based on Census 2021 data. This includes an interactive map showing how levels of disability (aged-standardised) vary across local authorities in England.

    View resource
    Data and Analysis
  • Learning disability – applying All Our Health (Public Health England, 2023)

    This guide helps frontline workers to provide the best possible support for people with a learning disability and their families.

    View resource
    Data and Analysis
  • People with learning disabilities – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) resources

    All NICE products on people with learning disabilities. Includes any guidance and quality standards.

    View resource
    Guidance and Best Practice
  • People with learning disabilities in England (Public Health England, 2020)

    Updates of national statistics about people with learning disabilities in England and the services and support available to them and their families.

    View resource
    Data and Analysis
  • People with physical disabilities – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) resources

    All NICE products on people with physical disabilities. Includes any guidance.

    View resource
    Guidance and Best Practice
  • SPOTLIGHT: Improving Inclusion Health Outcomes Tool (Office for Health Improvement and Disparities)

    Spotlight is a platform that collates and presents key statistics related to the public health outcomes of Inclusion health groups across the following themes: access to and utilisation of health care; preventative care; health outcomes; and wider determinants of health.

    View resource
    Website of resources
  • The unequal impact of COVID-19: investigating the effect on people with certain protected characteristics (NHS Confederation, 2022)

    Research conducted by public bodies has shown that COVID-19 has had a greater impact, both directly and indirectly, on people who share certain protected characteristics (such as belonging to particular ethnicities or age categories, having a disability, or being women or from the LGBTQ+ community). Health and care services have a major role to play in both identifying the extent of these impacts as well as working together to reduce them.

    This report showcases examples of health and care systems across the country devising innovative approaches to mitigate the direct effects of COVID-19, through targeted vaccination campaigns, and support for people to recover from indirect impacts, through wellbeing and support programmes.

    View resource
    Data and Analysis Guidance and Best Practice Research and Reports

Currently no resources for this region

Currently no resources for this region

Currently no resources for this region

Currently no resources for this region

Currently no resources for this region

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