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Community Care Statistics, Social Services Activity, England - 2012-13, Provisional release
National statistics, Official statistics- Publication Date:
- 10 Jul 2013
- Geographic Coverage:
- England
- Geographical Granularity:
- Country, Regions, Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities (CASSRs), Ambulance Trusts
- Date Range:
- 01 Apr 2012 to 31 Mar 2013
Summary
This is a report on the social care activity of Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities (CASSRs) in England. It contains information taken from council administrative systems used to record the process of assessing eligibility to state funded social care and providing services where people are eligible.
The report combines data from two sources: the Referrals, Assessments and Packages of Care (RAP) and the Adult Social Care Combined Activity Return (ASC-CAR). Information presented here is provisional and relates to England for the period 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2013. It will be superseded in early 2014 by the release of the final report which will also include data on the number of home care hours taken from the Personal Social Services Expenditure Return (PSS-EX1).
National level information is provided in this report; CASSR level data are available in csv format within the zip file accompanying this report.
Highlights
- The number of contacts from new clients in 2012-13 was 2.1m (down less than 1 per cent from 2011-12 and up 1 per cent from 2007-08). Of these, 1.0m required a further assessment or commissioning of ongoing service (a fall of 4 per cent from 2011-12) while 1.1m were dealt with at the point of contact (a rise of 3 per cent from 2011-12).
- There were 604,000 assessments for new clients in 2012-13 (down less than 1 per cent from 2011-12 and down 9 per cent from 2007-08). Following assessment, 67 per cent of these clients went on to receive services as a result of their assessment (this is a decrease of half a percentage point from 2011-12).
- There were 870,000 completed reviews for existing clients in 2012-13 (13 per cent less than in 2011-12 and 35 per cent less than in 2007-08).
- The total number of people receiving services in 2012-13 was 1.3m (down 9 per cent from 2011-12 and down 25 per cent from 2007-08). Of these, 1.1m received community based services (a fall of 10 per cent from 2011-12), 209,000 received residential care (a fall of 2 per cent from 2011-12) and 87,000 received nursing care (which is less than a 1 per cent change from 2011-12). Feedback from councils suggests that the fall this year is again due to a number of reasons including an increase in the provision of reablement services outside of a formal assessment process, raised eligibility criteria for services and reduced funding/resources within Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities.
- The number of people receiving self-directed support was 609,000 (an increase of 16 per cent from 2011-12). Of these, 151,000 received a direct payment - up 8 per cent from 2011-12. The number of carers receiving self directed support was 100,000 (an increase of 28 per cent from 2011-12).
- Of those receiving community based services not in the form of direct payments in 2012-13, 485,000 received home care, 374,000 received equipment, 198,000 received professional support, 142,000 received day care, 65,000 received short term residential care (excluding respite care), 41,000 received meals and 80,000 received other services.
- The number of carers receiving services was 352,000 (3 per cent less than in 2011-12 but 4 per cent more than in 2007-08). Of these, 48 per cent of carers received a carer specific service and 52 per cent received information only. This is the same distribution as in 2011-12.
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