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UK adult social care statistics

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Statistics database

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  • 2011 Census Analysis: Unpaid care in England and Wales, 2011 comparison with 2001

    Analysis of how unpaid care is provided in England and Wales in 2011, with findings at regional and local authority level.

    Publications
    Organisation:
    Office for National Statistics
    Country coverage:
    England; Wales
    Geographical scale:
    National; Regional; Local Authority
  • A safer place to be

    The purpose of this survey was to examine the provision and use of health-based places of safety for people detained under section 136 of the Mental Health Act (the power that police officers have to detain people, believed to have a mental disorder, in a public place and to take them to a place of safety for assessment), especially as a means of understanding the availability and accessibility of the places of safety.

    Publications Datasets
    Organisation:
    Care Quality Commission
    Country coverage:
    England
    Geographical scale:
    National
  • Abuse of Vulnerable Adults in England

    This report contains information on alerts and referrals to adult social care safeguarding teams in England.

    Publications Datasets
    Organisation:
    NHS Digital
    Country coverage:
    England
    Geographical scale:
    National; Regional; Local Authority
  • Access to Crisis Care via NHS 111 - Mental Health

    This publication introduces a newly established data collection for demand and call handling data items related to accessing crisis care via the NHS111 'select MH option'.

    Publications Datasets
    Organisation:
    NHS Digital
    Country coverage:
    England
    Geographical scale:
    National; Regional
  • Admissions to mental health facilities

    Information on patients admitted to mental health facilities in Wales including admission of patients detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 and other legislations.

    Datasets
    Organisation:
    Welsh Government
    Country coverage:
    Wales
    Geographical scale:
    National; Local Health Board
  • Adult Disability Payment: high level statistics

    Information on applications, payments and caseload for Adult Disability Payment.

    Publications Datasets
    Organisation:
    Scottish Government
    Country coverage:
    Scotland
    Geographical scale:
    National
  • Adult Mental Health

    Data on adult mental health from the National social care data portal for Wales.

    Datasets
    Organisation:
    Social Care Wales
    Country coverage:
    Wales
    Geographical scale:
    National; Local Authority
  • Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey

    The Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (APMS) series provides data on the prevalence of both treated and untreated psychiatric disorder in the English adult population (aged 16 and over).

    Publications Datasets
    Organisation:
    NHS Digital
    Country coverage:
    England
    Geographical scale:
    National; Regional; Local Authority
  • Adult Social Care Analytical Hub

    The Adult Social Care Analytical Hub links to home pages for each of the social care publications. Each homepage has links to that publication's Power BI interactive report, web publications and guidance.

    Datasets
    Organisation:
    NHS Digital
    Country coverage:
    England
    Geographical scale:
    National; Regional; Local Authority
  • Adult Social Care Statistics in England: An Overview

    This report brings together the latest data collected across different aspects of adult social care supported by local authorities.

    Publications Datasets
    Organisation:
    NHS Digital
    Country coverage:
    England
    Geographical scale:
    National
  • Adult Social Care at a Glance

    This report looks at the adult social landscape in England and provides analysis and key trends.

    Publications
    Organisation:
    National Audit Office
    Country coverage:
    England
    Geographical scale:
    National; Regional
  • Adult Support and Protection Scotland: April 2019 to March 2022

    This is the first release of annual Adult Support and Protection (ASP) data, in Scotland, and includes national data for financial years 2019/20 - 2021/22.

    Publications Datasets
    Organisation:
    Scottish Government
    Country coverage:
    Scotland
    Geographical scale:
    National
  • Adult safeguarding

    Information about reports of abuse or neglect received by local authorities.

    Publications Datasets
    Organisation:
    Welsh Government
    Country coverage:
    Wales
    Geographical scale:
    National; Local Authority
  • Adult social care activity and finance report

    This publication contains data taken from the Adult Social Care Finance Return and Short and Long Term collection to provide information regarding adult social care activity and finance.

    Publications Datasets
    Organisation:
    NHS Digital
    Country coverage:
    England
    Geographical scale:
    National; Regional; Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities
  • Adult social care complaint reviews

    This report presents our picture of the state of adult social care complaints. They include all of our complaint statistics (complaints and enquiries we received and the decisions made) for private social care providers and local authorities.

    Publications Datasets
    Organisation:
    Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman
    Country coverage:
    England
    Geographical scale:
    National; Local Authority
  • Adult social care in England, monthly statistics

    Official statistics on a range of topics including occupancy, coronavirus (COVID-19) and influenza vaccinations, visiting restrictions and staff absences in adult social care settings.

    Publications Datasets
    Organisation:
    Department of Health and Social Care
    Country coverage:
    England
    Geographical scale:
    National; Regional
  • Adult social care workforce dataset

    The Adult Social Care (ASC) Workforce Data Set is an online data collection service and the leading source of workforce information for the adult social care sector in England.

    Datasets
    Organisation:
    Skills for Care
    Country coverage:
    England
    Geographical scale:
    National; Regional
  • Adult social care workforce survey (2021)

    Experimental statistics from responses collected from almost 9,000 adult social care settings in England through the adult social care workforce survey.

    Publications Datasets
    Organisation:
    Department of Health and Social Care
    Country coverage:
    England
    Geographical scale:
    National; Regional
  • Adult social care workforce survey (2025)

    Statistics from survey responses collected from almost 5,000 adult social care settings in England through the adult social care workforce survey.

    Publications Datasets
    Organisation:
    Department of Health and Social Care
    Country coverage:
    England
    Geographical scale:
    National; Regional
  • Adults at Risk

    Data on adults at risk from the National social care data portal for Wales.

    Datasets
    Organisation:
    Social Care Wales
    Country coverage:
    Wales
    Geographical scale:
    National; Local Authority
  • Adults receiving care and support

    Information on assessments of need for care and support plans for adults

    Publications Datasets
    Organisation:
    Welsh Government
    Country coverage:
    Wales
    Geographical scale:
    National; Local Authority
  • Adults with Dementia

    Data on dementia from the National social care data portal for Wales.

    Datasets
    Organisation:
    Social Care Wales
    Country coverage:
    Wales
    Geographical scale:
    National; Local Authority
  • Adults with Disabilities

    Data on disabilities from the National social care data portal for Wales.

    Datasets
    Organisation:
    Social Care Wales
    Country coverage:
    Wales
    Geographical scale:
    National; Local Authority
  • Adults with Learning Disabilities

    Data on learning disabilities from the National social care data portal for Wales.

    Datasets
    Organisation:
    Social Care Wales
    Country coverage:
    Wales
    Geographical scale:
    National; Local Authority
  • Alzheimer’s and other dementia deaths

    This report presents information on the numbers of deaths which had an underlying cause of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease.

    Publications Datasets
    Organisation:
    National Records of Scotland
    Country coverage:
    Scotland
    Geographical scale:
    National; NHS Health Board; Local Authority