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Monthly statistics for adult social care (England)

Official statistics on a range of topics including infection control measures, COVID-19 vaccinations, flu vaccinations and testing for COVID-19 in adult social care settings.

From:
Department of Health and Social Care
Published
10 June 2021
Last updated
16 January 2025 — See all updates

DSCR delayed in January 2025 release

Due to ongoing quality assurance of the data, the January 2025 release of digital social care record (DSCR) uptake statistics has been delayed. We intend to publish this in a future release and will aim for the February 2025 publication. 

This will include new national-level statistics to supplement the current metric on estimated uptake of DSCRs by providers and will cover: 

  • estimates of the proportion of care users in England with a DSCR
  • estimates of the proportion of providers in England who are in the process of implementing a DSCR

As a result of this quality assurance, we are also reviewing the methodology for calculating the current metric on estimated uptake of DSCRs by providers and expect to make a revision. This could result in the data changing, and if so, we would publish a revised data series with an updated methodology note shortly.

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) publishes monthly official statistics on adult social care in England, with a focus on the impact of COVID-19. This page brings together all the monthly reports, from May 2021.

The data in these reports has changed over time, and includes:

  • first, second and booster (seasonal) doses of COVID-19 vaccinations in social care settings
  • flu vaccinations in social care settings (seasonal, from November 2021)
  • COVID-19 related staff absence rates in care homes and domiciliary care settings at national, regional and local authority level (from February 2022)
  • occupancy levels in care homes (from March 2024)
  • insights from the client level data (CLD) collection (from March 2024, published quarterly)
  • estimates of digital social care record (DSCR) uptake (from April 2024, published quarterly)
  • selected infection prevention control (IPC) measures in care homes at national, regional and local authority level (May 2021 to August 2022)
  • staffing levels in care homes at national, regional and local authority level (May 2021 to August 2022)
  • testing for COVID-19 in care homes at national, regional and local authority level (May 2021 to June 2023)
  • personal protective equipment (PPE) availability in care homes and domiciliary care settings at national, regional and local authority level (June 2021 to August 2022)

For feedback or questions, contact asc.statistics@dhsc.gov.uk.

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Published 10 June 2021
Last updated 16 January 2025 + show all updates

  1. Added 'Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: January 2025'.

  2. Updated to announce a delay in the digital social care record data release.

  3. Added 'Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: December 2024'.

  4. Added 'Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: November 2024'.

  5. Added 'Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: October 2024'.

  6. Added 'Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: September 2024'.

  7. Added 'Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: August 2024'.

  8. Added: 'Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: July 2024'.

  9. Added: 'Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: June 2024'.

  10. Added 'Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: May 2024'.

  11. Added 'Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: April 2024'.

  12. Added 'Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: March 2024'.

  13. Added 'Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: February 2024'.

  14. Added 'Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: January 2024'.

  15. Added 'Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: December 2023'.

  16. Added 'Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: November 2023'.

  17. Added 'Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: October 2023'.

  18. Added 'Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: September 2023'.

  19. Added 'Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: August 2023'.

  20. Added 'Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: July 2023'.

  21. Added 'Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: June 2023'.

  22. Added link to: Adult social care monthly statistics, England: May 2023. Also added to feedback paragraph to encourage user feedback.

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  24. Added latest report. Also updated to reflect this publication’s 'official statistics' badging.

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  30. Added latest report and new methodology document.

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  34. Added latest report - for May 2022.

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  38. Added 'Adult social care monthly statistics, England: January 2022' to latest reports.

  39. Added 'Adult social care workforce survey: December 2021' to 'Latest reports'.

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  41. Updated to reflect that the monthly bulletin now includes data on booster doses of COVID-19 vaccinations and flu vaccinations.

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