Guidance

Care data matters: a roadmap for better data for adult social care

This draft document sets out the government’s roadmap for transforming adult social care data in England and seeks views on the data needed to commission, deliver and oversee care and support.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 16 February 2023
• Last updated: 4 May 2023 — See all updates

This publication was withdrawn on 20 December 2023

The final version of the roadmap is now published. See Care data matters: a roadmap for better adult social care data.

Applies to England

Documents

[Withdrawn] Care data matters: a roadmap for better data for adult social care

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[Withdrawn] Annex A: collections and data flows

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[Withdrawn] Annex B: updates to the Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework (ASCOF) from April 2023

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[Withdrawn] Annex C: ASCS and SACE discovery report

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The publication sets out the government’s roadmap for improving how we collect, share and analyse data in adult social care in England.

This builds on the commitments made in the Health and Social Care data strategy, Data saves lives, and the adult social care reform white paper, People at the Heart of Care.

The roadmap is published in draft, and we are seeking views from those involved in the delivery and commissioning of care in a professional capacity such as local authorities, care providers and other care professionals on the data needed to commission, deliver and oversee care and support.

We would also like to hear from unpaid carers, adults who draw on care and support or other members of the public who interact with social care to understand what information they need from providers and local and central government.

These views can be submitted through the feedback questionnaire (you’ll find a link to the questionnaire in Chapter 3, ‘Give your feedback’), and responses should be submitted by 31 July 2023. The feedback will be used to further develop the roadmap and shape the initiatives outlined in this document.

Published 16 February 2023
Last updated 4 May 2023 + show all updates

1. 4 May 2023

   Main guidance HTML attachment: acronyms changed to full names in description text for figure 1; in chapter 4, the subsection title has been changed from ‘Social care workforce employee survey’ to ‘Adult social care workforce employee survey’; also minor changes for improved readability. In Annex A: figures 5 and 6 have been updated, with all references to ‘NHS D’ now reading ‘NHS E’, and the text references for these figures have been correctly renumbered; the acronym DDCMS has been amended to DCMS in 3 instances.

2. 16 February 2023

   First published.