Learning Disabilities and Autism Hospital at Home Service

The Learning Disability and Autism Hospital at Home service (LDA H@H) works alongside young people with a moderate to severe learning disability and/or autism with a high degree of functional impairment. We offer an alternative to inpatient admission.

We work with the most unwell young people, families and local community services to provide high-quality care as close to home as possible, via an ‘out of hospital’ service meaning:

  • Unnecessary admissions are avoided
  • Demand on families to travel long distances to visit their loved ones in hospital is reduced
  • Enhanced continued engagement with community clinical teams is available
  • Where admission cannot be prevented, early therapeutic leave from inpatient units to support transition is encouraged
  • Length of stay in inpatient units is minimised.
Our role

We support teams working with young people, including placement, education, families, or carers, on a day-to-day basis.

We provide specialist interventions through a multidisciplinary team who have experience working with people who have learning disabilities and/or autism along with other mental health diagnoses.

Our approach

Our team is very experienced and uses a variety of therapeutic approaches to give young people the best personalised care. The parents and carers who know them best are always involved.

The team works alongside local community services to improve patient outcomes. Patients may meet the whole team or just a few members.

Everyone works together to provide the best care for a young person.

Where we work

As part of the Thames Valley Specialised Children and Young People Mental Health Services Provider Collaborative, we work across:

  • Bath and North East Somerset
  • Berkshire West
  • Buckinghamshire
  • Gloucestershire
  • Oxfordshire
  • Swindon
  • Wiltshire

The team work with patients from across the region. Our boundaries are shown by the orange line in the map below.

Map showing region service operates in. Refer to list above.

Page last reviewed: 2 July, 2025