Summary
The King's Fund has launched the latest edition of their annual Social Care 360 report analysing the 12 key trends in adult social care in England.
The year’s report paints a picture of a worsening crisis in adult social care with more requests for publicly funded social care in England than ever before, while the number of people receiving it continues to fall.
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The key trends in adult social care in England outlined in this report are:
- Requests: More people, particularly working-age adults, are requesting support.
- Receipt of care: The number of people receiving long-term care has fallen again.
- Eligibility: Financial eligibility is tighter and reform has been put back.
- Spending: Total expenditure has increased due to the Covid-19 pandemic and is now higher than in 2010/11.
- Costs: Local authorities are paying more for care home places and home care.
- Capacity: The total number of care home places has declined slightly.
- Vacancies: The staff vacancy rate is the highest since records began.
- Pay: Care-worker pay continues to rise but struggles to compete with other sectors.
- Carers: Fewer unpaid carers now receive paid support and respite care has also fallen.
- Quality: Quality is largely stable but fewer ratings were published during Covid-19.
- Personalisation: Fewer people receive direct payments.
- Satisfaction: Satisfaction of people using services is edging downward.
The King's Fund: Social care 360 (2 March 2023)
https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/publications/social-care-360
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