This publication contains data taken from the Adult Social Care Finance Return (ASC-FR) and Short and Long Term (SALT) collection to provide information regarding adult social care activity and finance on Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities (CASSRs) in England for 2021-22. The data shows that gross current expenditure on adult social care by local authorities was £22.0 billion. This represents an increase of £0.7 billion (3.4%) from the previous year. Three quarters (75.4% or £16.6 billion) of total gross current expenditure was spent on long term support, this has increased by £941 million (6.0%) compared to 2020-21. 2021-22 saw the lowest number of clients receiving long term care during the year at 817,915. This has decreased by 23,325 clients since 2020-21. The continued impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic reported by local authorities has contributed to the reduced number of clients in long term care. Almost 2.0 million requests for adult social care support from 1.4 million new clients, for which an outcome was determined in 2021-22, were received by local authorities. This is equivalent to 5,420 requests for local authority support received per day in England by local authorities (up 170 requests per day on last year).
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This publication contains data taken from the Adult Social Care Finance Return (ASC-FR) and Short and Long Term (SALT) collection to provide information regarding adult social care activity and finance on Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities (CASSRs) in England for 2021-22. The data shows that gross current expenditure on adult social care by local authorities was £22.0 billion. This represents an increase of £0.7 billion (3.4%) from the previous year. Three quarters (75.4% or £16.6 billion) of total gross current expenditure was spent on long term support, this has increased by £941 million (6.0%) compared to 2020-21. 2021-22 saw the lowest number of clients receiving long term care during the year at 817,915. This has decreased by 23,325 clients since 2020-21. The continued impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic reported by local authorities has contributed to the reduced number of clients in long term care. Almost 2.0 million requests for adult social care support from 1.4 million new clients, for which an outcome was determined in 2021-22, were received by local authorities. This is equivalent to 5,420 requests for local authority support received per day in England by local authorities (up 170 requests per day on last year).
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adult social care, long term care, social care provision, public expenditure, local authorities, access to services, carers, short term care;
This resource presents the data on the number of adults receiving long-term support as at 31 March between the years 2016 to 2021. The support setting is either: nursing - someone living in a registered care home receiving nursing care; residential - live-in accommodation, with 24 hour-a-day supervised staffing for residents, who may need extra help and support with their care; community - someone living independently (including those in small group homes, sheltered housing or warden-supported accommodation) receiving home or community-based services; prison - someone in prison receiving long-term support. Main facts and figures include: between 2016 and 2021, the number of adults receiving long term support went down from 653,070 to 620,960; the percentage of adults receiving long term support who were from Asian ethnic groups went up from 4.4% to 5.1%; the percentage of adults receiving long term support who were from black ethnic groups went up from 3.8% to 4.5%; in 2021, a higher percentage of adults in a community or prison setting were Asian and black (6.4% and 5.3%) than in nursing (2.0% and 3.0%) or residential settings (1.8% and 2.2%); in 2021, a higher percentage of adults in a residential setting were white (90.7%) than a community or prison setting (80.6%).
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This resource presents the data on the number of adults receiving long-term support as at 31 March between the years 2016 to 2021. The support setting is either: nursing - someone living in a registered care home receiving nursing care; residential - live-in accommodation, with 24 hour-a-day supervised staffing for residents, who may need extra help and support with their care; community - someone living independently (including those in small group homes, sheltered housing or warden-supported accommodation) receiving home or community-based services; prison - someone in prison receiving long-term support. Main facts and figures include: between 2016 and 2021, the number of adults receiving long term support went down from 653,070 to 620,960; the percentage of adults receiving long term support who were from Asian ethnic groups went up from 4.4% to 5.1%; the percentage of adults receiving long term support who were from black ethnic groups went up from 3.8% to 4.5%; in 2021, a higher percentage of adults in a community or prison setting were Asian and black (6.4% and 5.3%) than in nursing (2.0% and 3.0%) or residential settings (1.8% and 2.2%); in 2021, a higher percentage of adults in a residential setting were white (90.7%) than a community or prison setting (80.6%).
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adult social care, long term care, ethnicity, black and minority ethnic people, home care, care homes, community care, nursing homes, prisons;
This report contains findings from the Adult Social Care Survey 2020-21 (ASCS). The national survey takes place every year and is conducted by Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities (CASSRs). The survey seeks the opinions of service users aged 18 and over in receipt of long-term support services funded or managed by social services and is designed to help the adult social care sector understand more about how services are affecting lives to enable choice and for informing service development. Key findings include: 67.7 per cent of the service users were very or extremely satisfied with the care and support they received; 2.1 per cent of service users were very or extremely dissatisfied with the care and support they received; over 90 per cent of the service users that reported they feel clean and are able to present themselves in the way they want, also reported they have adequate or as much control over their daily life as they want; 9.5 per cent of these service users feel they have no control or some control but not enough. For the councils that took part in the survey, 34.4 per cent reported they had as much social contact as they wanted with people they like. In contrast, 13.2 per cent reported they had little social contact and felt socially isolated. For service users with Learning Disability Support PSR, a higher proportion rate their health in general to be good or very good. In contrast, service users with Physical Support PSR have the highest proportion who rate their health in general to be bad or very bad.
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This report contains findings from the Adult Social Care Survey 2020-21 (ASCS). The national survey takes place every year and is conducted by Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities (CASSRs). The survey seeks the opinions of service users aged 18 and over in receipt of long-term support services funded or managed by social services and is designed to help the adult social care sector understand more about how services are affecting lives to enable choice and for informing service development. Key findings include: 67.7 per cent of the service users were very or extremely satisfied with the care and support they received; 2.1 per cent of service users were very or extremely dissatisfied with the care and support they received; over 90 per cent of the service users that reported they feel clean and are able to present themselves in the way they want, also reported they have adequate or as much control over their daily life as they want; 9.5 per cent of these service users feel they have no control or some control but not enough. For the councils that took part in the survey, 34.4 per cent reported they had as much social contact as they wanted with people they like. In contrast, 13.2 per cent reported they had little social contact and felt socially isolated. For service users with Learning Disability Support PSR, a higher proportion rate their health in general to be good or very good. In contrast, service users with Physical Support PSR have the highest proportion who rate their health in general to be bad or very bad.
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adult social care, carers, charges, older people, quality of life, service users, social care provision, surveys, user views, user satisfaction;
This publication contains data taken from the Adult Social Care Finance Return (ASC-FR) and Short and Long Term (SALT) collection to provide information regarding adult social care activity and finance on local authorities in England for 2020-21. The data shows that in 2020-21 gross current expenditure on adult social care by local authorities was £21.2 billion. This represents an increase of £1.6 billion from the previous year, a 8.1% increase in cash terms and a 1.3% increase in real terms, although some of the spending in 2020-21 does not directly relate to people whose care is supported by the local authority and so overall totals are not directly comparable. This is influenced by an increase in government funding in 2020-21 specifically to support the adult social care sector during the COVID-19 pandemic; reported income from Specific and Special Grants increased by £1.5 billion over the same time period. Almost three quarters (73.6% or £15.6 billion) of total gross current expenditure is spent on long term support, and this is the first year more money has been spent on clients aged 18-64 receiving long term support, rather than those aged 65 and over, since the collection began in 2014-15. 2020-21 saw the first year-on-year increase in clients supported, up 2,715 to a total of 841,245 clients. This may be influenced by the inclusion of activity funded under COVID-19 hospital discharge arrangements, as mentioned above. Overall, the number of clients receiving long term care has been decreasing each year since 2015-16. This downward trend has been mainly driven by a decrease in clients aged 65 and over receiving long term care, down 35,945 to 551,550 since 2015-16. 1.9 million requests for adult social care support from 1.3 million new clients, for which an outcome was determined in the year, were received by local authorities in 2020-21. This is equivalent to 5,250 requests for support received per day by local authorities.
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This publication contains data taken from the Adult Social Care Finance Return (ASC-FR) and Short and Long Term (SALT) collection to provide information regarding adult social care activity and finance on local authorities in England for 2020-21. The data shows that in 2020-21 gross current expenditure on adult social care by local authorities was £21.2 billion. This represents an increase of £1.6 billion from the previous year, a 8.1% increase in cash terms and a 1.3% increase in real terms, although some of the spending in 2020-21 does not directly relate to people whose care is supported by the local authority and so overall totals are not directly comparable. This is influenced by an increase in government funding in 2020-21 specifically to support the adult social care sector during the COVID-19 pandemic; reported income from Specific and Special Grants increased by £1.5 billion over the same time period. Almost three quarters (73.6% or £15.6 billion) of total gross current expenditure is spent on long term support, and this is the first year more money has been spent on clients aged 18-64 receiving long term support, rather than those aged 65 and over, since the collection began in 2014-15. 2020-21 saw the first year-on-year increase in clients supported, up 2,715 to a total of 841,245 clients. This may be influenced by the inclusion of activity funded under COVID-19 hospital discharge arrangements, as mentioned above. Overall, the number of clients receiving long term care has been decreasing each year since 2015-16. This downward trend has been mainly driven by a decrease in clients aged 65 and over receiving long term care, down 35,945 to 551,550 since 2015-16. 1.9 million requests for adult social care support from 1.3 million new clients, for which an outcome was determined in the year, were received by local authorities in 2020-21. This is equivalent to 5,250 requests for support received per day by local authorities.
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adult social care, carers, costs, expenditure, local authorities, long term care, residential child care, social care provision;
This publication provides the findings from the Safeguarding Adults Collection (SAC) for the period 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021. Safeguarding adults is a statutory duty for Councils with adult social services responsibilities in England under the Care Act 2014, in order to safeguard adults from abuse or neglect. 498,260 concerns of abuse raised during 2020-21, an increase of 5% on the previous year. The most common type of risk in Section 42 enquiries that concluded in the year was Neglect and Acts of Omission, which accounted for 30% of risks, and the most common location of the risk was the person’s own home at 50%. In 89% of concluded Section 42 enquiries where a risk was identified, the reported outcome was that risk was reduced or removed. The Adult Social Care Analytical Hub, which is an interactive business intelligence tool published alongside the data tables, presents further insight of the data, including breakdowns by local authority.
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This publication provides the findings from the Safeguarding Adults Collection (SAC) for the period 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021. Safeguarding adults is a statutory duty for Councils with adult social services responsibilities in England under the Care Act 2014, in order to safeguard adults from abuse or neglect. 498,260 concerns of abuse raised during 2020-21, an increase of 5% on the previous year. The most common type of risk in Section 42 enquiries that concluded in the year was Neglect and Acts of Omission, which accounted for 30% of risks, and the most common location of the risk was the person’s own home at 50%. In 89% of concluded Section 42 enquiries where a risk was identified, the reported outcome was that risk was reduced or removed. The Adult Social Care Analytical Hub, which is an interactive business intelligence tool published alongside the data tables, presents further insight of the data, including breakdowns by local authority.
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These official statistics provide findings from the Mental Capacity Act 2005, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) data collection for the period 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021. DoLS are a legal framework that exist to ensure that individuals who lack the mental capacity to consent to the arrangements for their care, where such care may amount to a "deprivation of liberty", have the arrangements independently assessed to ensure they are in the best interests of the individual concerned. The data is collected from local authorities in England, who are the supervisory bodies for authorising deprivations of liberty of adults in care homes and hospitals. There were 256,610 applications for DoLS received during 2020-21. This is a small drop of approximately 3% compared to the previous year, following an average growth rate of 14% each year since 2014-15. The proportion of completed applications in 2020-21 that were not granted was 57%. The main reason was given as change in circumstances, at 60% of all not granted cases. The proportion of standard applications completed within the statutory timeframe of 21 days was 24% in 2020-21. The average length of time for all completed applications was 148 days.
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These official statistics provide findings from the Mental Capacity Act 2005, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) data collection for the period 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021. DoLS are a legal framework that exist to ensure that individuals who lack the mental capacity to consent to the arrangements for their care, where such care may amount to a "deprivation of liberty", have the arrangements independently assessed to ensure they are in the best interests of the individual concerned. The data is collected from local authorities in England, who are the supervisory bodies for authorising deprivations of liberty of adults in care homes and hospitals. There were 256,610 applications for DoLS received during 2020-21. This is a small drop of approximately 3% compared to the previous year, following an average growth rate of 14% each year since 2014-15. The proportion of completed applications in 2020-21 that were not granted was 57%. The main reason was given as change in circumstances, at 60% of all not granted cases. The proportion of standard applications completed within the statutory timeframe of 21 days was 24% in 2020-21. The average length of time for all completed applications was 148 days.
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data collection, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Mental Capacity Act 2005;
Presents a national picture of the prevalence of FGM, using data collected by healthcare providers in England, including acute hospitals, mental health services and GP practices. The data shows that there were 5,395 individual women and girls who had an attendance where FGM was identified in the period April 2020 to March 2021. These accounted for 10,605 total attendances reported at NHS trusts and GP practices where FGM was identified. The number of total attendances and total number of individual women and girls with an attendance where FGM was identified, has been relatively stable throughout this year but remains reduced in comparison to total attendances and individuals recorded for the previous year. The FGM Enhanced Dataset was opened 6 years ago. Since the collection began, NHS trusts and GP practices have reported information about 27,270 individual women and girls. Between April 2015 and March 2021 there were a total of 62,795 attendances for these individuals where FGM was identified. Between April 2020 and March 2021, 103 NHS trusts and 40 GP practices submitted 1 or more FGM attendance records. In the 6 years since the collection began in April 2015, 148 NHS trusts and 216 GP practices submitted 1 or more FGM attendance records.
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Presents a national picture of the prevalence of FGM, using data collected by healthcare providers in England, including acute hospitals, mental health services and GP practices. The data shows that there were 5,395 individual women and girls who had an attendance where FGM was identified in the period April 2020 to March 2021. These accounted for 10,605 total attendances reported at NHS trusts and GP practices where FGM was identified. The number of total attendances and total number of individual women and girls with an attendance where FGM was identified, has been relatively stable throughout this year but remains reduced in comparison to total attendances and individuals recorded for the previous year. The FGM Enhanced Dataset was opened 6 years ago. Since the collection began, NHS trusts and GP practices have reported information about 27,270 individual women and girls. Between April 2015 and March 2021 there were a total of 62,795 attendances for these individuals where FGM was identified. Between April 2020 and March 2021, 103 NHS trusts and 40 GP practices submitted 1 or more FGM attendance records. In the 6 years since the collection began in April 2015, 148 NHS trusts and 216 GP practices submitted 1 or more FGM attendance records.
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This publication provides the findings from the Safeguarding Adults Collection (SAC) for the period 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020. Safeguarding adults is a statutory duty for Councils with adult social services responsibilities in England under the Care Act 2014, in order to safeguard adults from abuse or neglect. 475,560 concerns of abuse were raised during 2019-20, an increase of 14.6% on the previous year. The impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has not been a material factor in this increase as the pandemic only took hold at the very end of this annual period. The number of Section 42 enquiries that commenced during the year increased by 12.9% to 161,910 and involved 129,525 individuals. The most common type of risk in Section 42 enquiries that concluded in the year was Neglect and Acts of Omission, which accounted for 31.8% of risks, and the most common location of the risk was the person’s own home at 43.8%. In 89.5% of concluded Section 42 enquiries where a risk was identified, the reported outcome was that risk was reduced or removed.
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This publication provides the findings from the Safeguarding Adults Collection (SAC) for the period 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020. Safeguarding adults is a statutory duty for Councils with adult social services responsibilities in England under the Care Act 2014, in order to safeguard adults from abuse or neglect. 475,560 concerns of abuse were raised during 2019-20, an increase of 14.6% on the previous year. The impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has not been a material factor in this increase as the pandemic only took hold at the very end of this annual period. The number of Section 42 enquiries that commenced during the year increased by 12.9% to 161,910 and involved 129,525 individuals. The most common type of risk in Section 42 enquiries that concluded in the year was Neglect and Acts of Omission, which accounted for 31.8% of risks, and the most common location of the risk was the person’s own home at 43.8%. In 89.5% of concluded Section 42 enquiries where a risk was identified, the reported outcome was that risk was reduced or removed.
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This report brings together data collected by NHSDigital across different aspects of adult social care supported by local authorities. It aims to produce an insightful and coherent narrative about the trends in adult social care in England. The report covers new requests received by local authorities; adults receiving short-term social care support from local authorities; adults receiving long
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This report brings together data collected by NHSDigital across different aspects of adult social care supported by local authorities. It aims to produce an insightful and coherent narrative about the trends in adult social care in England. The report covers new requests received by local authorities; adults receiving short-term social care support from local authorities; adults receiving long term social care support from local authorities; local authority expenditure on adult social care; local authority social care workforce; experience of adult social care; and outcomes for those in receipt of adult social care and their carers. The report shows that: there is growing demand on local authorities for social care support and expenditure on social care continues to rise; the number of older adults receiving local authority long-term support has decreased, whilst short-term support offered has increased; levels of satisfaction among service users for the care they receive are stable – they are lower for unpaid carers, which can reflect both the support they receive as carers, or the services given to their cared-for person; numbers of staff directly employed by local authorities in the care sector have increased, and vacancies have decreased.
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local authorities, adult social care, long term care, short term care, expenditure, carer views, outcomes, user views, social care staff, care workforce, carers;
This publication contains information on staff employed (directly and indirectly) by local authority adult social services departments in England who provide social care services to members of the public. The report contains details of total number of jobs, headcount and WTE jobs; reasons for the change in the number of jobs; number of jobs by job role; number of jobs by service group; starters, leavers and vacancy rates; starter and turnover rates by job role; vacancy rates by job role; employment status; and zero hours contracts. As at September 2020 there were 114,100 adult social services jobs in local authorities in England (held by 110,400 people), up 0.7% or 800 jobs from 2019. Since reporting began in 2011 there has been a decrease of 28.4% or 45,300 local authority jobs. Although in each of the last three years there has been an increase. Nearly half of all local authority job roles (52,100 jobs or 45.7%) were in direct care providing roles. In 2020 an estimated 3.5 million hours per week were worked by 110,400 adult social care staff within local authorities, up 55,000 hours per week since 2019. The average age of adult social care staff in local authorities is 47.7. This is 4.0 years older when compared to the latest available equivalent for the independent sector (Skills for Care, 2020) and 4.8 years older than the NHS workforce average age. 44.6% of directly employed staff had zero sick days in the year. On average, the mean number of sickness days for staff in local authorities is 10.7 days, up 0.5 days since 2019.
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This publication contains information on staff employed (directly and indirectly) by local authority adult social services departments in England who provide social care services to members of the public. The report contains details of total number of jobs, headcount and WTE jobs; reasons for the change in the number of jobs; number of jobs by job role; number of jobs by service group; starters, leavers and vacancy rates; starter and turnover rates by job role; vacancy rates by job role; employment status; and zero hours contracts. As at September 2020 there were 114,100 adult social services jobs in local authorities in England (held by 110,400 people), up 0.7% or 800 jobs from 2019. Since reporting began in 2011 there has been a decrease of 28.4% or 45,300 local authority jobs. Although in each of the last three years there has been an increase. Nearly half of all local authority job roles (52,100 jobs or 45.7%) were in direct care providing roles. In 2020 an estimated 3.5 million hours per week were worked by 110,400 adult social care staff within local authorities, up 55,000 hours per week since 2019. The average age of adult social care staff in local authorities is 47.7. This is 4.0 years older when compared to the latest available equivalent for the independent sector (Skills for Care, 2020) and 4.8 years older than the NHS workforce average age. 44.6% of directly employed staff had zero sick days in the year. On average, the mean number of sickness days for staff in local authorities is 10.7 days, up 0.5 days since 2019.
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social care staff, social care professionals, care workers, social services, social care, staffing levels, recruitment, adult social care;