Care & support services

The following selected 'Data & analysis', 'Strategies, guidance & reviews' and 'Organisation websites' can inform improvements to care and support services:

Data & analysis

• Monthly statistics for adult social care (England) published by the Department of Health and Social Care
• COVID-19: number of outbreaks in care homes – management information - weekly report published by Public Health England
• Deaths involving COVID-19 in the care sector, England and Wales: deaths occurring up to... - with link to the latest report published by the Office for National Statistics
• Social Care and Social Care Collections published by NHS Digital
• National Adult Social Care Intelligence Service (NASCIS) published by NHS Digital 
• UK Adult Social Care Statistics - published by the Government Statistical Service - see also the blog accompanying the launch
• Adult Social Care Workforce Intelligence published by Skills for Care Ltd., commissioned by the Dept. for Health & Social Care, includes data on both state and independent services
• Community Services Dataset - description and statistics published by NHS Digital (may need to right-click, copy & paste link in an alternative browser)
• Area data profiles published by the Care Quality Commission. Regional and local authority data profiles providing a picture of the health and social care system.
• Palliative and End of Life Care Profiles published by Public Health England
• Atlas of variation for palliative and end of life care in England published by Public Health England and NHS RightCare
• Palliative and End of Life Care collection - including further resources published by Public Health England
  
• Projecting Older People Population Information (POPPI) System - includes age groups over age 65 estimates and projections by living/housing status, support arrangements, health condition and learning disability at national, regional and local authority level. Published by Oxford Brookes University and the Institute of Public Care.
• Projecting Adult Needs & Service Information (PANSI) for ages 18-64 - includes age groups 45-54 and 55-64 estimates and projections by learning disability, physical disability and mental health. Published as above.
• Getting the data to support decisions on adult social care (2020) - blog published by the Office for National Statistics
• Social care 360 (2020) - published by the Kings Fund. A social care 360 review for 2018/19 that outlines and analyses 20 key trends in adult social care in England.
• Report on Adult Social Care Statistics in England (2020) published by the Office for Statistics Regulation

Strategies, guidance & reviews

• Build Back Better: Our Plan for Health and Social Care (2021) - government policy paper on healthcare, adult social care, and the new funding plan
• COVID-19: how to work safely in domiciliary care in England (2021) updated guidance published by Public Health England
• COVID-19: how to work safely in care homes (2021) updated guidance published by Public Health England
• Coronavirus: Adult social care key issues and sources (2021) - this briefing from the UK Parliament House of Commons Library provides an overview of key issues facing the adult social care sector during the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak, and provides links to some of the key official guidance for the sector
• Understanding the impact of COVID-19 responses on citizens (2021) published by the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)
• Coronavirus (COVID-19): Adult Social Care Action Plan (2020) published by the Department of Health and Social Care
• The Framework for Enhanced Health in Care Homes - Version 2 (2020) published by NHS England
• The lives we want to lead: Towards change, towards hope (2020) published by the Local Government Association
• One year on: The LGA green paper for adult social care and wellbeing (2019) published by the Local Government Association
• Adult Social Care: Quality Matters (2019) - guidance published by the Department of Health and Social Care
• Effectiveness of community-based interventions to enable people with long-term conditions and/or frailty to participate in activities of daily living. An evidence synthesis report (2019) published by Public Health England
• NHS Long Term Plan (2019) published by NHS England 
• National framework for NHS continuing healthcare and NHS-funded nursing care (2018) - guidance published by the Department of Health and Social Care
  
• Breaking down barriers to better health and care (2018) published by NHS England
• Beyond barriers: how older people move between health and care in England (2018) published by the Care Quality Commission
• Guidance: Older people with social care needs and multiple long-term conditions (2015) published by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
• Guidance: Home care: delivering personal care and practical support to older people living in their own homes (2015) published by NICE
• Guidance: Culture change in the NHS (2015) published by the Department of Health and Social Care

 Organisation websites

• Because we all care campaign (launched July 2020) Healthwatch campaign supported by the Care Quality Commission to help services identify and address quality issues and support patients by encouraging people to share feedback on individual experience
• Older People published by NHS England
• Social care, health and integration published by the Local Government Association
• Getting help in your day-to-day life published by Independent Age
• Palliative and End of Life Care Profiles - Resources Directory provided by Public Health England
• Care Quality Commission - "The independent regulator of health and social care in England"
  
• Social Care Institute for  Excellence  - "improves the lives of people of all ages by co-producing, sharing, and supporting the use of the best available knowledge and evidence about what works in practice"
• Healthwatch - "the independent national champion for people who use health and social care services"
• Integrated care: Our work on joined-up health and care services published by the Kings Fund
• Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) in England, including an Older People & Dementia Policy Page
• The Care Provider Alliance (CPA) - "brings together the ten main national associations which represent the independent and voluntary adult social care providers in England"
• Care England - "representative body for independent care services in England" 
• The National Care Forum - "the membership organisation for not-for-profit organisations in the care and support sector"
• United Kingdom Homecare Association (UKHCA) aims to "promote high quality, sustainable care services so that people can continue to live at home and in their local community"
• Elderly Accommodation Counsel - information for the public and professionals on retirement housing and care homes
• Choosing the right care home published by Independent Age
• See also the unpaid carers section
• See also the multi-morbidity & frailty section
• See also the falls & fractures section
• See also the physical health conditions section 
• See also the mental health & wellbeing section
• See also the technology section