Catalogue of Social Care Data

Volunteering is any activity that involves spending time, unpaid, doing something that aims to benefit the environment or someone (individuals or groups) other than, or in addition to, close relatives.

The person is not paid for the work they do but may be paid expenses.

Volunteering must be a choice freely made by each individual.

0 Person does not volunteer
1 Person volunteers and the number of hours per week are known
2 Person volunteers but the number of hours per week is not known
9 Not known

Total number of hours per week client/user spends volunteering.

This is a conditional data item and should be present if Option ‘8.8 volunteering’ is recorded as Code 1 – Person volunteers and the number of hours per week are known.

Numeric

Indicator of the type of advocacy support the client/service user accesses.

0 No advocate, advocate not required
Individual does not currently have an advocate and does not think they require one.

1 No advocate, advocate required
The individual does not currently have an advocate but would like one.

2 Professional Advocate Usually a paid advocate who has received professional advocacy training.

3 Citizen advocate An ordinary citizen who is usually not paid, and who may not have had formal training.

4 Self-advocacy The individual is able to advocate for themselves and may be supported by a
group.

5 Group/collective advocacy The individual is involved in a group who support each other on common issues or campaign on issues together.

9 Not known

The service provider of the care home

1 Local authority/ health and social care
partnership/ NHS boards
If the home care service is provided, arranged
and funded by the same local authority/ health
and social care partnership.

2 Private
If the home care service is provided by a
private/ independent organisation operated on a
profit-making basis.

3 Other local authority
If the home care service is provided by a different local authority to the one that has funded the service.
The local authority that has funded the service
is responsible for returning the data as part of
their submission.

4 Third sector
If the home care service is provided by a not for
profit/nonprofit organisation, including charities
and voluntary organisations

5 Other

Date the client/service user was admitted to a care home.

This should be the date on which the client/service user was admitted to the care home.

DDMMCCYY (8)

Date the client/service user was discharged from a care home

If a care home admission is on-going at the end of the quarterly reporting period the care home discharge date should be left blank.

If a permanent care home client/service user has been temporarily admitted to hospital and the care home placement is still being funded, then the care home discharge date should be left blank.

Reasons when a care home discharge date should be recorded include:
• upon death of a client/service user
• where a client/service user is transferred to another care home
• if a temporary or respite care home client/service user is admitted to hospital
• if a client/service user is discharged to other accommodation, including their home
• if a resident goes into hospital and their care home placement is no longer funded by the Local Authority/Health & Social Care Partnership
• when a client/service user’s reason for admission changes e.g. temporary to
permanent care home placement
• a care home discharge date is not required when the owner or name of the
care home changes

DDMMCCYY (8)

The primary reason for the client/service user’s admission to a care home.

1 Respite
If the prime reason for the client’s placement is to provide respite or holiday relief for their carer.

2 Intermediate care
Care that is provided to an individual to facilitate
the transition from illness to recovery.

3 Long term care
To help meet both the medical and non-medical
needs of clients who cannot care for themselves for long periods.

The client/service user requires nursing care.

0 No
1 Yes

The funding type received by client/service for their care home placement.

The funding type received by client/service for their care home placement.

This data item should only be completed for client/service users where the only financial contribution made by the local authority/health and social care partnership is free personal care and/or free nursing care.

1 Free Nursing Care
2 Free Personal Care
3 Free Nursing & Personal Care
9 Not applicable

The average weekly amount contributed to the care home by the local authority/health and social care partnership.

The average weekly amount contributed throughout the quarterly reporting period should be submitted.

This amount should include any contributions for free personal care and/or free nursing care.

All monetary values should be submitted as £.pp e.g. fifty thousand pounds and fifty pence should be submitted as 50000.50. Monetary values can be to two decimal
places. The £ sign and commas should not be submitted.

Numeric (10)

Primary budget code that the service has been funded by.

Multiple care home admissions may exist for a client/service user. A service provision budget code should be submitted for each admission.

The codes reflect the categories of expenditure listed in Local Finance Returns (LFR03). The code provided should be the budget area of the Local Authority that would be providing the funding for this activity

1 Children and families
2 Older persons
3 Clients with physical or sensory disabilities
4 Clients with learning disabilities
5 Clients with mental health needs
6 Clients with other needs

The financial year that Learning disability statistics Scotland records relate to. Financial year runs April to March.

This is a mandatory data item and must be recorded if LDSS data is being submitted.

Earliest year component of the financial year should be submitted e.g. 2018 should be submitted for the financial year 2018/2019

Integer (4)

The financial quarter that the records relate to.

This is a mandatory data item and must be recorded if LDSS data is being submitted.

1 Quarter 1 April to June inclusive
2 Quarter 2 July to September inclusive
3 Quarter 3 October to December inclusive
4 Quarter 4 January to March inclusive

Indicator of whether the client/service user has a learning disability and/or has an autism spectrum disorder diagnosis.

Learning disability
Learning disability is defined as follows within the Scottish Government’s learning disability strategy ‘The Key to Life’:
A learning disability is a significant lifelong condition which is present prior to the age of eighteen and which has a significant effect on a person’s development. People with a learning disability will need more support than their peers to:
• understand new and/or complex information
• learn new skills and to lead independent lives

Learning disability does not include specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia. An acquired brain injury which occurs at age eighteen or over would also not be considered as a learning disability.

Autism
An autism spectrum diagnosis is characterised by the ‘triad of impairments’ which are:
• social interaction – difficulty with social relationships, for example appearing aloof and indifferent to other people.
• social communication – difficulty with verbal and non-verbal communication, for example not fully understanding the meaning of common gestures, facial
expressions or tone of voice.
• imagination – difficulty in the development of interpersonal play and imagination, for example having a limited range of imaginative activities, possibly copied and pursued rigidly and repetitively.

Only those who have received a formal medical diagnosis of being on the autism
spectrum should be included.

1 Individual has a learning disability only
2 Individual has an autism spectrum diagnosis only
3 Individual has a learning disability and autism spectrum diagnosis
9 Not Known

A client/service user is in an out of area placement if they are living in a placement which is not within their funding authority.

0 Individual is living within the area of the local authority that funds them
1 Individual is living out with the area of the local authority that funds them
9 Not Known

The location in which the client/service user resides.

This is a conditional data item and must be present if 8.3 Out of Area
Placement is recorded as ‘01’ (Individual is living out with the area of the local authority that funds them).

A client/service user is in an out of area placement if they are living in a placement which is not within their funding authority.

Please indicate which local authority area the individual is living in using the relevant 3-digit code. If the individual lives within the local authority area that fund the service or in the case where an individual is not receiving services, please enter the code of the authority submitting the return.

100 Aberdeen City
110 Aberdeenshire
120 Angus
130 Argyll & Bute
230 City of Edinburgh
150 Clackmannanshire
170 Dumfries & Galloway
180 Dundee City
190 East Ayrshire
200 East Dunbartonshire
210 East Lothian
220 East Renfrewshire
235 Eilean Star
240 Falkirk
250 Fife
260 Glasgow City
270 Highland
280 Inverclyde
290 Midlothian
300 Moray
310 North Ayrshire
320 North Lanarkshire
330 Orkney Islands
340 Perth & Kinross
350 Renfrewshire
355 Scottish Borders
360 Shetland Islands
370 South Ayrshire
380 South Lanarkshire
390 Stirling
395 West Dunbartonshire
400 West Lothian
ENG England
NIR Northern Ireland
WAL Wales

Where information is available, this data item should be recorded if ‘8.3 out of area’ is recorded as being out with the local authority which funds a service the individual receives.

A client/service user is defined as priority to return if they were placed out of area not through choice and the local authority believes that repatriation is required for the client/service user.

0 Individual is not a priority to return
1 Individual is a priority to return
9 Not known (includes not agreed)

Indicator of whether a client/service user is in paid employment.

Paid employment includes any employment that is waged, including work placements and supported employment.

0 Person is not in paid employment
1 Person is in paid employment and hours per week are known
2 Person is in paid employment but the number of hours per week is not known
9 Not Known

Total number of hours per week of paid employment.

This is a conditional data item and should be present if ‘8.4 paid employment’ is recorded as Code 1 – Person is in paid employment and hours per week are known.

Numeric (6)

Employability support includes, but is not limited to:
• Fair Start Scotland
• supported employment services (local authority or third sector)
• DFN Project SEARCH
• Enhanced Modern Apprenticeships, Modern Apprenticeships or preemployment college courses

0 Person is not receiving employability support
1 Person is receiving employability support and the hours per week are known
2 Person is receiving employability support and the hours per week are not known
9 Not Known

Total number of hours per week in receipt of employability support.

This is a conditional data item and should be present if ‘8.6 employability support’ is recorded as Code 1 – Person is receiving employability support and hours per week are known.

Numeric (6)

This data should reflect the most up to date client/service user’s status within the academic year August/September to June/July.

0 Not currently in further education
1 In further education, amount of hours known
2 In further education, amount of hours not known

This is a conditional data item and should be present if ‘8.6 further education’ is recorded as Code 1 – In further education, amount of hours known.

Please record the number of hours per week the person is attending further education. The time spent in education should be recorded to the nearest hour.

If time spent in education is known in days rather than hours, then hours should be calculated as follows:
• half day equals 3 hours
• full day equals 6 hours

Numeric (6)

The net value of the agreed budget allocated within the reporting quarterly period.

This is a conditional data item and should be present if Option 1 – Direct Payment has been recorded as 1 – Yes in data item 3.3 Self Directed Support Options

All monetary values should be submitted as pounds and pence (£.pp) and can be to two decimal places e.g. fifty thousand pounds and fifty pence should be submitted as
50000.50 not £50,000.50. The pound (£) sign and commas should not be submitted.
If cost cannot be provided, please leave blank.

Numeric (10)

The total net value the client/service user has received across all SDS options from the Local Authority within the financial quarter.

All monetary values should be submitted as pounds and pence (£.pp) and can be to
two decimal places e.g. fifty thousand pounds and fifty pence should be submitted as
50000.50 not £50,000.50. The pound (£) sign and commas should not be submitted.
If cost cannot be provided, please leave blank.

Numeric (10)

The gross value of the agreed budget allocated within the reporting quarterly period.

This is a conditional data item and should be present if Option 1 – Direct Payment has been recorded as 1 – Yes in data item 3.3 Self Directed Support Options.

OR RECORDED SEPERATELY

This is a conditional data item and should be present if Option 2 – The client/service user Directs the Available Support has been recorded as 1 – Yes in data item ‘3.3 Self-directed support options’.

OR RECORDED SEPERATELY

This is a conditional data item and should be present if Option 3 – The Local Authority Arranges the Support has been recorded as 1 -Yes in data item 3.3 Self Directed Support Options.

OR RECORDED SEPERATELY

All monetary values should be submitted as pounds and pence (£.pp) and can be to two decimal places e.g. fifty thousand pounds and fifty pence should be submitted as
50000.50 not £50,000.50. The pound (£) sign and commas should not be submitted.

If cost cannot be provided, please leave blank.

Numeric (10)

The total gross value the client/service user has received across all SDS options from the Local Authority within the financial quarter.

All monetary values should be submitted as pound and pence (£.pp) and can be to two decimal places e.g. fifty thousand pounds and fifty pence should be submitted as 50000.50 not £50,000.50. The pound (£) sign and commas should not be submitted.

Numeric (10)

The organisation type that provides the home care service to the client/service user.

Multiple types of home care services may exist for a client/service user and multiple providers can be responsible for the same home care service. This may result in multiple records for a client/service user.

1 Local authority/ health and social care partnership/ NHS boards
If the home care service is provided, arranged
and funded by the same local authority/ health
and social care partnership.

2 Private
If the home care service is provided by a private/ independent organisation operated on a profit-making basis.

3 Other local authority If the home care service is provided by a different local authority to the one that has funded the service.
The local authority that has funded the service
is responsible for returning the data as part of
their submission.

4 Third sector If the home care service is provided by a not for profit/nonprofit organisation, including charities and voluntary organisations

5 Other

Services or tasks provided as part of the client/service user’s care plan.

This is the type of home care that the client/service user has been assessed as requiring.

Multiple types of home care services may exist for a client/service user and multiple providers can be responsible for the same home care service. This may result in multiple records for a client/service user.

If non-personal care, domestic or housing support tasks are provided to the client/service user, then Code 1- Non-Personal Care should be recorded. This includes:
• Practical services which assist the client/service user to function as independently as possible and/or continue to live in their own homes
• Routine household tasks within or outside the home (basic housework, shopping, laundry, paying bills).
• If a meal is delivered and no preparation or assistance with feeding is required, then this should be classed as non-personal care.

If personal care is provided to the client/service user, then Code 2 – Personal Care should be recorded. Personal care of the client/service user is defined in Schedule 1 of the Community Care & Health Act 2002 as:
• personal hygiene – bathing, showering, hair washing, shaving, oral hygiene,
nail care.
• continence management – toileting, catheter/stoma care, skin care,
incontinence laundry, bed changing.
• food and diet – assistance with the preparation of food, assistance with feeding
and assistance with the fulfilment of special dietary needs.
• problems with immobility – dealing with the consequences of being immobile
or substantially immobile.
• counselling and support – behaviour management, psychological support,
reminding devices.
• simple treatments – assistance with medication (including eye drops),
application of creams and lotions, simple dressings, oxygen therapy
• personal assistance – assistance with dressing, surgical appliances, prostheses, mechanical & manual aids. Assistance to get up and go to bed. Transfers including the use of a hoist.

1 Non-Personal Care
2 Personal Care
0 Not Recorded

The date that a significant change was made to the home care service, or if new to service, the date that the home care service was put in place.

As multiple types of home care services may exist for a client/service user and multiple providers can be responsible for the same home care service a start date should be recorded for each.

A home care service start date should be recorded when the client/service user starts receiving a home care service from a provider or there is a significant change to an existing service.

Breaks or pauses in a home care service within the quarterly reporting period (short breaks of 7 days or less including hospitalisation etc.) should not be recorded.

DDMMCCYY (8)

The date that the home care service ended or was significantly changed in line with the care plan.

If a client/service user is receiving a home care service which is on-going at the end of the quarterly reporting period, the home care end date should be left blank.

As multiple types of home care services may exist for a client/service user and multiple providers can be responsible for the same home care service an end date, where applicable, should be recorded for each.

A home care service end date should be recorded when the client/service user stops receiving a home care service from a provider or there is a significant change to an existing service.

Breaks or pauses in a home care service within the quarterly reporting period (short breaks, hospitalisation etc.) should not be recorded.

DDMMCCYY (8)

Total number of planned home care service hours.

Home care hours planned should be recorded where available. We understand that some partnerships are not able to submit both planned and actual hours but where possible please record both. Validation is in place to ensure at least planned and/or actual hours have been recorded.

The total number of planned hours for a client within the quarterly reporting period for each home care service should be recorded.
The total should include:
• weekend hours
• overnight hours
• reablement hours
• respite hours

Where a client requires more than one member of staff to provide their home care services in a single visit then only the hours that the client receives should be
included. For example, if two staff provide home care services to a client for 1 hour in a single visit this should be recorded as one hour of home care (rather than two hours).

Numeric (6)

Total number of actual home care service hours.

Home care hours’ actual should be recorded where available. We understand that some partnerships are not able to submit both planned and actual hours but where possible please record both. Validation is in place to ensure at least planned and/or actual hours have been recorded.

The total number of actual hours for a client within the quarterly reporting period for each home care service should be recorded.

The total should include:
• weekend hours
• overnight hours
• reablement hours
• respite hours

Where a client requires more than one member of staff to provide their home care services in a single visit then only the hours that the client receives should be included.

For example, if two staff provide home care services to a client for 1 hour in a single visit this should be recorded as one hour of home care (rather than two hours).

Numeric (6)

Total number of staff hours provided

These hours should be based on the number of staff who provided a service. For example, if two staff provided service for 1 hour, 2 hours should be recorded.

Numeric (6)

Primary budget code that the service has been funded by.

This is an optional data item.

Multiple types of home care services may exist for a client/service user and multiple providers can be responsible for the same home care service. A service provision budget code should be submitted for each.

The codes reflect the categories of expenditure listed in Local Finance Return (LFR03). The code provided should be the budget area of the local authority that would be providing the funding for this activity.

1 Children and families
2 Older persons
3 Clients with physical or sensory disabilities
4 Clients with learning disabilities
5 Clients with mental health needs
6 Clients with other needs

An indicator of whether the client/service user has received a reablement package within the reporting period.

This is an optional data item.

Please record Code 1 – Yes for each client/service user where a reablement package has either stopped or has been completed within the reporting period.

Reablement is a period of fixed focused care that is different from mainstream home care. It is an agreed intensive input with the aim of the client/service users return of independence, for example, regaining daily living skills after an illness, accident or hospitalisation. It is not long term support but usually around 6 weeks but can be shorter or longer depending on need.

0 No
1 Yes
9 Not known

Reablement service provision budget: Primary budget code that the service has been funded by.

This is an optional data item.

Multiple types of reablement may exist for a client/service user within a reporting period. A service provision budget code should be submitted for each.
The codes reflect the categories of expenditure listed in Local Finance Return (LFR03). The code provided should be the budget area of the local authority that would be providing the funding for this activity.

1 Children and families
2 Older persons
3 Clients with physical or sensory disabilities
4 Clients with learning disabilities
5 Clients with mental health needs
6 Clients with other needs

Community alarms and telecare – The date that the service started.

Multiple installation dates may exist within a reporting period and these should be submitted as separate rows of data.

DDMMCCYY (8)

Multiple installation dates may exist within a reporting period and these should be submitted as separate rows of data.
If a client/service user is receiving a community alarm and/or telecare service which is on-going at the end of the quarterly reporting period, the end date should be left blank.

DDMMCCYY (8)

Client/service users may have multiple installations of community alarms and telecare. Each installation should be recorded and have an associated installation start date.

Telecare is the remote or enhanced delivery of care services to people in their own home by means of telecommunications and computerised services.

Telecare usually refers to sensors or alerts which provide continuous, automatic and remote monitoring of care needs emergencies and lifestyle using information and communication technology (ICT) to trigger human responses or shut down equipment to prevent hazards (Source: National Telecare Development Programme, Scottish Government).

If the client/service user is in receipt of a technology package which consists of a communication hub (either individual or part of a communal system), plus a button/pull cords/pendant which transfers an alert/alarm/data to a monitoring centre or individual responder then Code 1 – Community Alarms should be recorded.

If the client/service user is in receipt of a technology package which goes over and above the basic community alarm package identified above, then Code 2 – Telecare should be recorded.

A technology package can include any other sensors or monitoring equipment, for example:
• linked pill dispensers
• linked smoke detectors
• linked key safes
• bogus caller buttons and door entry systems
• property exit sensors, extreme temperature, flood, falls, movement detectors

Standalone devices, pieces of equipment or assistive technology should not be considered ‘telecare’ for the purpose of this return i.e. they should be capable of alerting/providing information to a monitoring centre or individual responder and should generally be ‘linked’ to the home hub or communal alarm system.

If a person is in receipt of an enhanced telecare package which includes a community alarm, then data should be returned for both variables (‘community alarm’ and ‘other telecare’).

1 Community alarms
2 Telecare

Multiple installations of community alarms and telecare may exist for a client/service user. A service provision budget code should be submitted for each installation.

The codes reflect the categories of expenditure listed in Local Finance Returns (LFR03). The code provided should be the budget area of the Local Authority that would be providing the funding for this activity.

1 Children and families
2 Older persons
3 Clients with physical or sensory disabilities
4 Clients with learning disabilities
5 Clients with mental health needs
6 Clients with other needs
7 Client pays for

Name of the care home at which the client/service user resides.

The name by which the care home is known should be recorded.

Alpha (50)

The postcode of the care home at which the client/service user resides.

For all permanent care home residents, the postcode of the care home should be recorded. For temporary care home residents, the postcode of their main place of residence should be recorded.

Partial postcodes will not be accepted. Full postcodes do not require a space between each component part e.g. EH33XXX.
The postcode recorded MUST be the postcode of the care home and not the postcode of the organisation that runs the care home.

Alpha Numeric (8)

Postal Code

Alpha Numeric (8)

The date on which the client/service user was born

DDMMCCYY (8)

A statement by the individual about the gender they currently identify themselves to be.

0 Not Known
1 Male
2 Female
9 Not Specified

A statement made by the client/service user about their current ethnic group.

1 White
1A White: Scottish
1B White: Other British
1C White: Irish
1K White: Gypsy/Traveller
1L White: Polish
1Z White: Other White ethnic group
2A Any mixed or multiple ethnic groups
3F Asian, Asian Scottish or Pakistani British: Pakistani, Pakistani Scottish
or Pakistani British
3G Asian, Asian Scottish or Pakistani British: Indian, Indian Scottish or
Indian British
3H Asian, Asian Scottish or Pakistani British: Bangladeshi, Bangladeshi
Scottish or Bangladeshi British
3J Asian, Asian Scottish or Pakistani British: Chinese, Chinese Scottish
or Chinese British
3Z Asian, Asian Scottish or Pakistani British: Other Asian, Asian Scottish
or Asian British
4 African
4D African: African, African Scottish or African British
4Y African: Other African
5 Caribbean or Black
5C Caribbean or Black: Caribbean, Caribbean Scottish or Caribbean
British
5D Caribbean or Black: Black, Black Scottish or Black British
5Y Caribbean or Black: Other Caribbean or Black
6A Other ethnic group: Arab, Arab Scottish or Arab British
6Z Other ethnic group
98 Refused/Not provided by patient
99 Not known

The financial year that the records relate to. Financial year runs April to March

Integer (4)

The financial quarter that the records relate to.

1 Quarter 1: April-June inclusive
2 Quarter 2: July-September inclusive
3 Quarter 3: October-December inclusive
4 Quarter 4: January-March inclusive

The client/service user group(s) determined by a Social Worker or other Health or Social Care Professional.

Dementia
Mental health problems
Learning disability
Physical and sensory disability
Drugs
Alcohol
Palliative care
Carer
Elderly/frail
Neurological condition (excluding Dementia)
Autism
Other vulnerable groups
Not recorded

Indicator of whether the client/service user lives alone.

This is an optional data item when submitting Q1, Q2 and Q3 data. This data item becomes mandatory when submitting Q4 data and must be submitted if a client has lived alone at any point during the financial year.

If the client’s living along status has changed at any point during the financial year please record the status of the client at the end of the reporting period or the latest information available.

This data should be added to the Q4 file regardless of the quarter that the living alone status relates to.
Include:
• Mainstream Housing
• Sheltered Accommodation
• Supported Accommodation (single tenancy).

Exclude:
• Care Home
• Supported Accommodation (shared tenancy).

This data item is to establish if the client/service user lives alone and if this is likely to have a bearing on the care/services required. It is not to establish tenancy/housing.

0 No
1 Yes
9 Not Known

Indicator of whether the client/service user received support from an unpaid carer at any point during the quarter.

This is an optional data item when submitting Q1, Q2 and Q3 data. This data item becomes mandatory when submitting Q4 data and must be submitted if a client has received support from an unpaid carer at any point during the financial year.

If support for the client changed at any point during the financial year please record the status of support of the client at the end of the reporting period or the latest information available

An unpaid carer is a person who provides care and support to another person with care needs and is not a paid worker or volunteer. Volunteers may support the cared for person and/or the unpaid carer, but they are not the unpaid carer in this context.
Some carers care intensively or are life-long carers whilst others care for shorter periods. Anybody can become a carer at any time, sometimes for more than one person. Carers can be any age i.e. young carers and often the unpaid carer is a relative, neighbour or friend.

0 No
1 Yes
9 Not Known

Indicator of whether the client/service user has an assigned Social Worker, Support Worker or Allocated Worker at any point during the quarter.

This is an optional data item when submitting Q1, Q2 and Q3 data. This data item becomes mandatory when submitting Q4 data and must be submitted if a client has received support from an unpaid carer has an assigned Social Worker,
Support Worker or Allocated Worker at any point during the financial year.

If this has change at any point during the financial year please record the status of ‘client has a social worker’ at the end of the reporting period or the latest information available.

This data should be added to the quarter 4 file regardless of when the client’s access to a social worker started or stopped.
Information should be provided on every client/service user during the reporting period that, following an assessment, was assigned a Social Worker, Support Worker or Allocated Worker provided or funded by your Local Authority.

Include:
• community care social work
• mental health social work
• substance misuse social work
• children with disabilities social work
• multi-disciplinary social work team

Exclude:
• child protection social work
• looked after children social work
• adoption and fostering social work
• residential child care social work
• criminal justice social work

0 No
1 Yes
9 Not Known

Type of Housing

This is an optional data item when submitting Q1, Q2 and Q3 data. This data item becomes mandatory when submitting Q4 data and must be submitted.

If a client’s type of housing changed at any point during the financial year please record the type of housing at the end of the reporting period or the latest information available.

This data should be added to the quarter 4 file regardless of when the status of a client’s type of housing changed.

1 Mainstream
This is a private home (either owned/mortgaged or rented). This includes homes which have small adaptations e.g. handrails.

2 Supported
This includes:
• Special housing: premises that have been adapted to meet the need of people with particular needs, e.g. wheelchair access.
• Amenity housing: a group of premises with special modifications for particular needs but not supported by a warden.
• Sheltered housing: self-contained premises linked to a warden who provides specialist support to tenants.
Supported accommodation: A home where external support is put in place to help the tenants live as independently as possible.

3 Long Stay Care Home
Short-stay residents should be recorded the most
appropriate of the other code options.
This includes Registered Adult Care Homes and
Registered Child Care Accommodation.

4 Hospital or other medical establishment
To be used for long term patients only.
This includes independent hospitals, and NHS Facilities, including Specialist Rehabilitation Units.

5 Homeless
The person is without a permanent home.
This includes those within refuges, emergency/temporary accommodation, bed and breakfasts and those sleeping rough.

6 Penal Institutions
An institution which provides confinement as punishment. This may be a prison, a young offenders institution or secure psychiatric facility.

8 Other
Anything not covered in categories 1, 2, 3, 4,5 and 6.
This includes independent hospices and mobile
accommodation.

9 Not Known To be used when type of housing is not known.

An indicator of whether the client/service user received a Meals Service at any point during the quarter.

This is an optional data item when submitting Q1, Q2 and Q3 data. This data item becomes mandatory when submitting Q4 data and must be submitted if a client has a meal servicer at any point during the financial year.

If the status of meal service support for the client changed at any point during the financial year please record the status of meals at the end of the reporting period or the latest information available. This data should be added to the quarter 4 file regardless of when the meals service started or stopped.

Include both hot meals such as ‘meals on wheels’ or a frozen meal where the client/service user is provided with frozen meals each week.

0 No
1 Yes
9 Not Known

An indicator of whether the client/service user has received a day care service within the reporting period.

This is an optional data item when submitting Q1, Q2 and Q3 data. This data item becomes mandatory when submitting Q4 data and must be submitted if a client has received a daycare service at any point during the financial year.

If the daycare service changed at any point during the financial year please record the status of daycare at the end of the reporting period or the latest information
available. This data should be added to the quarter 4 file regardless of daycare started or stopped.

Day care involves attendance at a location other than the client/service users own home for personal, social, therapeutic, training or leisure purposes. Day care
services can be registered or unregistered services.

0 No
1 Yes
9 Not Known

An indicator of whether the client/service user has a learning disability and/or autism spectrum diagnosis and is known to the Local Authority.

This is an optional data item when submitting Q1, Q2 and Q3 data. This data item becomes mandatory when submitting Q4 data and must be submitted if a client has become known to the local authority at any point during the financial year.

If the status of this data item changes at any point during the year please record the latest information available. This data should be added to the quarter 4 file regardless of when the client became known to the local authority.

This item is to record the numbers of people who have a learning disability and/or autism spectrum diagnosis known to local authorities regardless of the services they are currently receiving. In the case of those who are no longer in direct contact with a local authority, if the authority is aware that an adult is still in the local authority area and they are satisfied that the individual has a learning disability and/or autism spectrum diagnosis, they should be included.

This may include, but is not limited to, someone who:
Is known to the local authority through their engagement in activities including; Local Area Coordination, college courses, employability services and advocacy services.

Has received guidance, support or advice from social work or learning disability services during the reporting period.

Learning disability
Learning disability is defined as follows within the Scottish Government’s learning disability strategy ‘The Key to Life’:

A learning disability is a significant lifelong condition which is present prior to the age of eighteen and which has a significant effect on a person’s development. People with a learning disability will need more support than their peers to:
• Understand new and/or complex information,
• Learn new skills and,
• To lead independent lives.

Autism
An autism spectrum diagnosis is characterised by the “triad of impairments” which are:
• social interaction – difficulty with social relationships, for example appearing aloof and indifferent to other people.
• social communication – difficulty with verbal and non-verbal communication, for example not fully understanding the meaning of common gestures, facial expressions or tone of voice.
• imagination – difficulty in the development of interpersonal play and imagination, for example having a limited range of imaginative activities, possibly copied and pursued rigidly and repetitively.

Only those who have received a formal medical diagnosis of being on the autism spectrum should be included.

0 No
1 Yes

As of 1 April 2014, the self-directed support legislation means that all social care clients should be given a choice as to how they wish to receive their support.

If a client has both: a) made such a choice as part of the assessment process and b) received support resulting from this choice during any part of the reporting period, then they should be included in this section

Multiple SDS options may be reported in a single record.
The options are as follows:
• 3.3a: Option 1 – direct payment
• 3.3b: Option 2 – the person directs the available support
• 3.3c: Option 3 – the local authority arranges the support
If the client/service user has received support record code value 1 – Yes for each SDS option that applies.
• Option 4: PHS will derive this category to record clients who choose two or more SDS options.

0 No
1 Yes

The date on which the client/service user started to receive SDS or the date where a service significantly changed following a review.

DDMMCCYY (8)

The date on which the client/service user stopped receiving SDS.

DDMMCCYY (8)

The Financial contributor of the total care package value.

The options are as follows:
• 3.6a Social Work
• 3.6b Housing
• 3.6c Independent Living
• 3.6d Health
• 3.6e Client
• 3.6f Other
3.6g Not Known

For each client/service user record code 1 – Yes if the client/service user received a contribution from this source and record code 0 – No if they don’t.

Each client/service user must have at least one Contributor to their total care package recorded. Multiple SDS contributors may be recorded.

0 No
1 Yes

The type of assessed support needs provided through SDS

The options are as follows:
• 3.7a Personal Care
• 3.7b Health Care
• 3.7c Domestic Care
• 3.7d Housing Support
• 3.7e Social, Educational, Recreational
• 3.7f Equipment and Temporary Adaptations
• 3.7g Respite
• 3.7h Meals
• 3.7i Other
• 3.7j Not Known

For each of the categories above record code value 1 – yes if the client/service has had this type of need identified and record value 0 – No if they didn’t have this type of need identified.

This should be the type of support identified in the client’s personal plan.

Each client/service user must have at least one SDS Need identified for each SDS Care Package.

Multiple SDS Needs may be recorded.

0 No
1 Yes

The options are as follows:
• 3.8a Personal Assistance Contract
• 3.8b Local Authority
• 3.8c Private Sector
• 3.8d Voluntary Sector
• 3.8e Other
• 3.8f Not Known

For each of the categories above record value 1 if the client/service user received support through this mechanism and record value 0 if they haven’t had this type of need identified.

At least one support option code must be submitted for each SDS Care Package.

Multiple SDS support options may be recorded.

0 No
1 Yes

Headcount of local authority ASP Council Officers, 2024

Headcount given for:
Aberdeen City
Aberdeenshire
Angus
Argyll & Bute
Clackmannanshire
Dumfries & Galloway
Dundee City
East Ayrshire
East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh, City of
Falkirk
Fife
Glasgow City
Highland
Inverclyde
Midlothian
Moray
Na h-Eileanan Siar
North Ayrshire
North Lanarkshire
Orkney Islands
Perth & Kinross
Renfrewshire
Scottish Borders
Shetland Islands
South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire
Stirling
West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian
Total

Number of providers of active services and social work services and their headcount, by employer type. At December 2024. Percentage share of employer type in parentheses.

[1] excludes childminding services which are run by 2,978 private providers and have a headcount of 3,030 staff

This is broken down into:
Providers
Services
Staff Headcount

And given for:
Public
Private
Voluntary
Total

Number of providers of active services and social work services and their staff headcount, by sub-sector. At December 2024.

[1] Some providers operate over multiple sub-sectors therefore Total providers will not match the sum of providers across individual sub-sectors.

This is broken down into:
Providers
Services
Headcount
Average number of staff per provider

And given for:
Adoption services
Adult day care
Adult placement services
Care homes for adults
Central and strategic staff
Child care agencies
Childminding
Day care of children
Fieldwork service (adults)
Fieldwork service (children)
Fieldwork service (generic)
Fieldwork service (justice)
Fostering services
Housing support/care at home
Nurse agencies
Offender accommodation services
Residential child care
School care accommodation
Total
Total excluding childminders

Provider size bands based on headcount

Staff Headcount is broken down:

Micro 1 to 10
Small 11 to 49
Medium 50 to 249
Large 250 to 4999
Very large 5000+

Number of providers, and headcount of providers, 2024, by size and employer type

[1] see Table 36 for definition of size.

Size of provider is given for:
Public providers
Public headcount
Private providers
Private headcount
Voluntary providers
Voluntary headcount
Total providers
Total headcount

And given for:
Micro
Small
Medium
Large
Very large
Total

Percentage of services by sub-sector that provided a current staffing figure, 2024

Response rate given for:

Adoption services
Adult day care
Adult placement services
Care homes for adults
Child care agencies
Childminding
Day care of children
Fostering services
Housing support/care at home
Nurse agencies
Offender accommodation services
Residential child care
School care accommodation
All

Response rates by sub-sector, 2024

This is broken down for:
Age
Gender
Ethnicity
Disability
Job function
Contract Hours
Start date in post

And given under:
Adoption services
Adult day care
Adult placement services
Care homes for adults
Central and strategic staff
Child care agencies
Childminding
Day care of children
Fieldwork service (adults)
Fieldwork service (children)
Fieldwork service (generic)
Fieldwork service (justice)
Fostering services
Housing support/care at home
Nurse agencies
Offender accommodation services
Residential child care
School care accommodation
All

Number of new clients (65 and above) receiving a community care assessment in the quarter, January to March 2014 – 2023

Data recorded for each local authority in Scotland:

Aberdeen City
Aberdeenshire
Angus
Argyll & Bute
Clackmannanshire
Dumfries and Galloway
Dundee City
East Ayrshire
East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh, City of
Eilean Siar
Falkirk
Fife
Glasgow City
Highland
Inverclyde
Midlothian
Moray
North Ayrshire
North Lanarkshire
Orkney Islands
Perth & Kinross
Renfrewshire
Scottish Borders
Shetland Islands
South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire
Stirling
West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian
Local Authorities that responded every year

Rate per 1,000 population of new clients (65 and above) receiving a community care assessment in the quarter, January to March 2014 – 2023

Data recorded for each local authority in Scotland:

Aberdeen City
Aberdeenshire
Angus
Argyll & Bute
Clackmannanshire
Dumfries and Galloway
Dundee City
East Ayrshire
East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh, City of
Eilean Siar
Falkirk
Fife
Glasgow City
Highland
Inverclyde
Midlothian
Moray
North Ayrshire
North Lanarkshire
Orkney Islands
Perth & Kinross
Renfrewshire
Scottish Borders
Shetland Islands
South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire
Stirling
West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian
Local Authorities that responded every year

Number of new clients (aged 18 to 64) receiving a community care assessment in the quarter, January to March 2019 – 2023

Data recorded for each local authority in Scotland:

Aberdeen City
Aberdeenshire
Angus
Argyll & Bute
Clackmannanshire
Dumfries and Galloway
Dundee City
East Ayrshire
East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh, City of
Eilean Siar
Falkirk
Fife
Glasgow City
Highland
Inverclyde
Midlothian
Moray
North Ayrshire
North Lanarkshire
Orkney Islands
Perth & Kinross
Renfrewshire
Scottish Borders
Shetland Islands
South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire
Stirling
West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian
Local Authorities that responded every year

Rate per 1,000 population of new clients (aged 18 to 64) receiving a community care assessment in the quarter, January to March 2019 – 2023

Aberdeen City
Aberdeenshire
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Argyll & Bute
Clackmannanshire
Dumfries and Galloway
Dundee City
East Ayrshire
East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh, City of
Eilean Siar
Falkirk
Fife
Glasgow City
Highland
Inverclyde
Midlothian
Moray
North Ayrshire
North Lanarkshire
Orkney Islands
Perth & Kinross
Renfrewshire
Scottish Borders
Shetland Islands
South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire
Stirling
West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian
Local Authorities that responded every year

Number of new personal care clients (65 and above) receiving a new service in the quarter, January to March 2014 – 2023

Aberdeen City
Aberdeenshire
Angus
Argyll & Bute
Clackmannanshire
Dumfries and Galloway
Dundee City
East Ayrshire
East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh, City of
Eilean Siar
Falkirk
Fife
Glasgow City
Highland
Inverclyde
Midlothian
Moray
North Ayrshire
North Lanarkshire
Orkney Islands
Perth & Kinross
Renfrewshire
Scottish Borders
Shetland Islands
South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire
Stirling
West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian
Local Authorities that responded every year

Rate per 1,000 population of new personal care clients (65 and above) receiving a new service in the quarter, January to March 2014 – 2023

Aberdeen City
Aberdeenshire
Angus
Argyll & Bute
Clackmannanshire
Dumfries and Galloway
Dundee City
East Ayrshire
East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh, City of
Eilean Siar
Falkirk
Fife
Glasgow City
Highland
Inverclyde
Midlothian
Moray
North Ayrshire
North Lanarkshire
Orkney Islands
Perth & Kinross
Renfrewshire
Scottish Borders
Shetland Islands
South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire
Stirling
West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian
Local Authorities that responded every year

Number of new personal care clients (aged 18 to 64) receiving a new service in the quarter, January to March 2019 – 2023

Aberdeen City
Aberdeenshire
Angus
Argyll & Bute
Clackmannanshire
Dumfries and Galloway
Dundee City
East Ayrshire
East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh, City of
Eilean Siar
Falkirk
Fife
Glasgow City
Highland
Inverclyde
Midlothian
Moray
North Ayrshire
North Lanarkshire
Orkney Islands
Perth & Kinross
Renfrewshire
Scottish Borders
Shetland Islands
South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire
Stirling
West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian
Local Authorities that responded every year

Rate per 1,000 population of new personal care clients (aged 18 to 64) receiving a new service in the quarter, January to March 2019 – 2023

Aberdeen City
Aberdeenshire
Angus
Argyll & Bute
Clackmannanshire
Dumfries and Galloway
Dundee City
East Ayrshire
East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh, City of
Eilean Siar
Falkirk
Fife
Glasgow City
Highland
Inverclyde
Midlothian
Moray
North Ayrshire
North Lanarkshire
Orkney Islands
Perth & Kinross
Renfrewshire
Scottish Borders
Shetland Islands
South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire
Stirling
West Dunbartonshire
West Lohian
Local Authorities that responded every year

Time intervals recorded for clients, split by age, in each eligibility criteria, between first contact and completion of assessment for the final quarter of each financial year, January to March 2014 – 2023

For each local authority, data is recorded under:
Critical
Substantial
Moderate
Low or No Risk
Not available
Totals

It is broken down into:
Less than or equal to 2 days
More than 2 days and <= 2 weeks
More than 2 weeks and <= 4 weeks
More than 4 weeks and <= 6 weeks
More than 6 weeks

It is also broken down into:
Over 65 years old.
18 to 64 years old.

Local authorities included are:
Aberdeen City
Aberdeenshire
Angus
Argyll & Bute
Clackmannanshire
Dumfries & Galloway
Dundee City
East Ayrshire
East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh, City of
Eilean Siar
Falkirk
Fife
Glasgow City
Highland
Inverclyde
Midlothian
Moray
North Ayrshire
North Lanarkshire
Orkney Islands
Perth & Kinross
Renfrewshire
Scottish Borders
Shetland Islands
South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire
Stirling
West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian
Total responding local authorities

Time intervals recorded for new personal clients, split by age, in each eligibility criteria, between completion of a community care assessment and new service delivery for the final quarter of each financial year, January to March 2014 – 2023

For each local authority, data is recorded under:
Critical
Substantial
Moderate
Low or No Risk
Not available
Totals

It is broken down into:
Less than or equal to 2 days
More than 2 days and <= 2 weeks
More than 2 weeks and <= 4 weeks
More than 4 weeks and <= 6 weeks
More than 6 weeks

It is also broken down into:
Over 65 years old.
18 to 64 years old.

Local authorities included are:
Aberdeen City
Aberdeenshire
Angus
Argyll & Bute
Clackmannanshire
Dumfries & Galloway
Dundee City
East Ayrshire
East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh, City of
Eilean Siar
Falkirk
Fife
Glasgow City
Highland
Inverclyde
Midlothian
Moray
North Ayrshire
North Lanarkshire
Orkney Islands
Perth & Kinross
Renfrewshire
Scottish Borders
Shetland Islands
South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire
Stirling
West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian
Total responding local authorities

Submitted for every active client/service user:

Social care ID

Alpha Numeric (20)

Community Health Index (CHI) number

Integer (10)

Second Name; Family Name
First Name; Given Name

Name, alpha Numeric (35)

Stability index by employer type, 2022-2024
[1] The 2023 and 2024 stability index was revised on 21.11.25.

Employer type given for 2022 (%), 2023 (%), 2024 (%),
Public
Private
Voluntary
All

Stability index by sub-sector, 2022-2024

[1] Start date in post data not available for childminders.
[2] The 2023 and 2024 stability index was revised on 21.11.25.

Sub sector given for 2022 (%), 2023 (%), 2024 (%),
Adoption services
Adult day care
Adult placement service
Care homes for adults
Central and strategic staff
Child care agencies
Childminding[1]
Day care of children
Fieldwork services (adults)
Fieldwork services (children)
Fieldwork services (generic)
Fieldwork services (justice)
Fostering services
Housing support/care at home
Nurse agencies
Offender accommodation services
Residential child care
School care accommodation
All

Median staffing complement of registered services by employer type and sub-sector, 2024

Adoption services
Adult day care
Adult placement services
Care homes for adults
Child care agencies
Childminding[1]
Day care of children
Fostering services
Housing support/care at home
Nurse agencies
Offender accommodation services
Residential child care
School care accommodation

Sub-sector given for Public, Private, Voluntary

Distribution of registered services by size band and sub-sector, 2024

Divided into size bands as follows: 1-4, 5-9, 10-24, 25-49, 50-249, 250+

Adoption services
Adult day care
Adult placement services
Care homes for adults
Child care agencies
Childminding
Day care of children
Fostering services
Housing support/care at home
Nurse agencies
Offender accommodation servs.
Residential child care
School care accommodation
Total

Median age of the workforce by sub-sector and employer type, 2024

[1] There is age data missing from 49 fieldwork service (children) staff records. This may have a small impact on the median presented here for public sector fieldwork service (children), causing it to be under- or over-estimated by no more than one year.

Adoption services
Adult day care
Adult placement services
Care homes for adults
Central and strategic staff
Child care agencies
Childminding
Day care of children
Fieldwork service (adults)
Fieldwork service (children)
Fieldwork service (generic)
Fieldwork service (justice)
Fostering services
Housing support/care at home
Nurse agencies
Offender accommodation services
Residential child care
School care accommodation
All

Percentage of staff by gender and sub-sector, 2024

Adoption services
Adult day care
Adult placement services
Care homes for adults
Central and strategic staff
Child care agencies
Childminding
Day care of children
Fieldwork service (adults)
Fieldwork service (children)
Fieldwork service (generic)
Fieldwork service (justice)
Fostering services
Housing support/care at home
Nurse agencies
Offender accommodation services
Residential child care
School care accommodation
All

Sub-sector broken down into Female, Male, Other, Unknown

Percentage of staff by ethnic classification and employer type, 2024

[1] ‘Black’ combines the new census categories, ‘African’ and ‘Caribbean or Black’.

This is broken: White, Mixed, Asian, Black, Other, Unknown

And given for:
Public
Private
Voluntary
All

Percentage of staff by ethnic classification and sub-sector, 2024

This is broken down into White, Mixed, Asian, Black, Other, Unknown

And given for:
Adoption services
Adult day care
Adult placement services
Care homes for adults
Central and strategic staff
Child care agencies
Childminding
Day care of children
Fieldwork service (adults)
Fieldwork service (children)
Fieldwork service (generic)
Fieldwork service (justice)
Fostering services
Housing support/care at home
Nurse agencies
Offender accommodation services
Residential child care
School care accommodation
All

Percentage of staff by disability and sub-sector, 2024

This is broken down into:
No disability,
Disability
Unknown

And given for:
Adoption services
Adult day care
Adult placement services
Care homes for adults
Central and strategic staff
Child care agencies
Childminding
Day care of children
Fieldwork service (adults)
Fieldwork service (children)
Fieldwork service (generic)
Fieldwork service (justice)
Fostering services
Housing support/care at home
Nurse agencies
Offender accommodation services
Residential child care
School care accommodation
All

Percentage of staff by job function and sub-sector, 2024

[1] We have excluded childminding since no job function classification exists for it. In previous workforce data reports the total included childminding services, but we have excluded it from this year’s total.

This is broken down into, Auxiliary, Care, Managers, Unknown

Adoption services
Adult day care
Adult placement services
Care homes for adults
Central and strategic staff
Child care agencies
Day care of children
Fieldwork service (adults)
Fieldwork service (children)
Fieldwork service (generic)
Fieldwork service (justice)
Fostering services
Housing support/care at home
Nurse agencies
Offender accommodation services
Residential child care
School care accommodation
All

Percentage change in headcount between 2015 and 2024, by job function and sub-sector

[1] The figures reflect a reclassification of some staff from central and strategic teams to fieldwork (generic). See Appendix A for more information.
[2] The figures reflect a notably higher number of social workers (count in Managers) in fieldwork services (children) and (to a greater extent) fieldwork services (adults) reported by one council in December 2024. See Appendix A for more information.
[3] The large percentage change in the agency services partly reflects changes to recording practices.

This is broken down into:
Auxiliary
% change
Direct care % change
Managers % change

This is further down into:
Adoption services
Adult day care
Adult placement services
Care homes for adults
Central and strategic staff
Child care agencies
Day care of children
Fieldwork service (adults)
Fieldwork service (children)
Fieldwork service (generic)
Fieldwork service (justice)
Fostering services
Housing support/care at home
Nurse agencies
Offender accommodation services
Residential child care
School care accommodation
All

Percentage of staff by contract type and sub-sector, 2024

All NGH = All no guaranteed hours contracts which may be different to the sum of individual elements due to rounding.

This is broken down into:
Permanent
Temp
Agency
Bank
Fixed term
Sessional
Casual/ relief
Trainee
Other
Unknown
All NGH

These are then broken down into:
Adoption services
Adult day care
Adult placement services
Care homes for adults
Central and strategic staff
Child care agencies
Day care of children
Fieldwork service (adults)
Fieldwork service (children)
Fieldwork service (generic)
Fieldwork service (justice)
Fostering services
Housing support/care at home
Nurse agencies
Offender accommodation services
Residential child care
School care accommodation
All

Median weekly hours by employer type and sub-sector, 2024

This is broken down into:
Public
Private
Voluntary
All

This is broken down into:
Adoption services
Adult day care
Adult placement services
Care homes for adults
Central and strategic staff
Child care agencies
Childminding
Day care of children
Fieldwork service (adults)
Fieldwork service (children)
Fieldwork service (generic)
Fieldwork service (justice)
Fostering services
Housing support/care at home
Nurse agencies
Offender accommodation services
Residential child care
School care accommodation
All

Percentage of part time and full time workers by sub-sector, 2024

This is broken down into:
Part time
Full time
Unknown

And given for:
Adoption service
Adult day care
Adult placement service
Care homes for adults
Central and strategic staff
Child care agency
Childminding
Day care of children
Fieldwork service (adults)
Fieldwork service (children)
Fieldwork service (generic)
Fieldwork service (justice)
Fostering service
Housing support/care at home
Nurse agency
Offender accommodation service
Residential child care
School care accommodation
All

Numbers of social workers 2023 and 2024

[1] WTE is rounded to the nearest whole number, using LA measure of WTE, not 37.5 hour measure.
[2] WTE 37.5 hours is rounded to the nearest whole number, using 37.5 hour measure of WTE.
[3] The December 2024 figures reflect a notably higher number of social workers in fieldwork services (children) and (to a greater extent) fieldwork services (adults) reported by one council. See Appendix A for more information.
[4] The Local authority – (WTE) figure presented here differs from the figure published in our Social worker filled posts and vacancies six-monthly survey at December 2024 report due to data amendments that we applied after the six-monthly report was published in July 2025. See Appendix A for more detail.
[5] The Local authority – headcount figure presented here differs from the figure published in our Mental Health Officers Report 2024 due to data amendments that we applied after the Mental Health Officers Report was published in August 2025. See Appendix A for more detail.

This is given for:
2023
2024
% change 2023-2024

And broken down into:
Local authority – headcount
Local authority – (WTE)
Local authority – (WTE 37.5 hours)

Number and WTE of local authority social workers, 2024

[1] WTE is rounded to the nearest whole number, using LA measure of WTE, not 37.5 hour measure.
[2] WTE 37.5 hours is rounded to the nearest whole number, using 37.5 hour measure of WTE.
[3] Includes absent staff.
[4] The figures reflect a notably higher number of social workers in fieldwork services (children) and (to a greater extent) fieldwork services (adults) reported by one council. See Appendix A for more information.

This is given for:
Headcount
WTE
WTE (37.5 hours)

And broken down into:
Fieldwork service (adults)
Fieldwork service (children)
Fieldwork service (generic)
Fieldwork service (justice)
Total

Numbers of occupational therapists, 2023 and 2024

[1] WTE is rounded to the nearest whole number, using LA measure of WTE, not 37.5 hour measure.
[2] WTE 37.5 hours is rounded to the nearest whole number, using 37.5 hour measure of WTE.

This is given for:
2023
2024
% change 2023-2024

And broken down into:
Local authority – headcount
Local authority – (WTE)
Local authority – (WTE 37.5 hours)

Number and WTE of local authority occupational therapists, 2024

[1] WTE is rounded to the nearest whole number, using LA measure of WTE, not 37.5 hour measure.
[2] WTE 37.5 hours is rounded to the nearest whole number, using 37.5 hour measure of WTE.

This is broken down into:
Headcount
WTE
WTE (37.5 hours)

And given for:
Fieldwork service (adults)
Fieldwork service (children)
Fieldwork service (generic)
Fieldwork service (justice)
Total

Estimated number of nurses by sub-sector and employer type, 2024

This is broken down into:
Public
Private
Voluntary
Total

And given for:
Adoption services
Adult day care
Adult placement services
Care homes for adults
Central and strategic staff
Child care agencies
Childminding
Day care of children
Fieldwork service (adults)
Fieldwork service (children)
Fieldwork service (generic)
Fieldwork service (justice)
Fostering services
Housing support/care at home
Nurse agencies
Offender accommodation services
Residential child care
School care accommodation
Total

Estimated number of teachers by sub-sector and employer type, 2024

This is broken down into:
Public
Private
Voluntary
Total

And given for:
Adoption services
Adult day care
Adult placement services
Care homes for adults
Central and strategic staff
Child care agencies
Childminding
Day care of children
Fieldwork service (adults)
Fieldwork service (children)
Fieldwork service (generic)
Fieldwork service (justice)
Fostering services
Housing support/care at home
Nurse agencies
Offender accommodation services
Residential child care
School care accommodation
Total

Days since admission at census date for funding for patients receiving Hospital Based Complex Clinical Care

Days since admission given under:
Less than 6 months
At least 6 months, less than 1 year
At least 1 year, less than 5 years
5 years or more

Number of patients, by Health Condition for funding for patients receiving Hospital Based Complex Clinical Care

Health Conditions are divided into:
Mental Health
Neoplasms
Endocrine

Number of patients, by NHS Board responsible for funding for long stay patients

NHS Boards are divided into:
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
NHS Lothian
NHS Grampian
NHS Lanarkshire
NHS Highland
NHS Fife
NHS Tayside
NHS Ayrshire & Arran
NHS Dumfries & Galloway
NHS Forth Valley
NHS Borders
NHS Western Isles
Other
Not Known
Scotland

Rate per 100,000 population, by NHS Board responsible for funding for long stay patients

NHS Board’s broken divided into:
NHS Western Isles
NHS Dumfries & Galloway
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
NHS Highland
NHS Lothian
NHS Borders
NHS Grampian
NHS Fife
NHS Tayside
NHS Lanarkshire
NHS Ayrshire & Arran
NHS Forth Valley

Number of patients, by Local Authority of home post code for long stay patients

Local Authorities are broken down into:
Aberdeen City
Aberdeenshire
Angus
Argyll & Bute
Dumfries & Galloway
Dundee City
East Ayrshire
East Dunbartonshire
East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh, City of
Falkirk
Fife
Glasgow City
Highland
Inverclyde
Midlothian
North Ayrshire
North Lanarkshire
Perth & Kinross
Renfrewshire
Scottish Borders
South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire
Stirling
West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian
Other

Number of patients, by age group and sex for long stay patients

Age group broken down into:
0-39
40-64
65+
All

This is further subdivided into:
Male
Female
All

Number of patients, by current specialty for long stay patients

Current Specialty is broken down into:
General Psychiatry
Forensic Psychiatry
Psychiatry of Old Age
Outwith NHS Scotland
Geriatric Medicine
Learning Disability (non-forensic)
Missing / Not Known
Rehabilitation Medicine
Other

Days since admission at census date for long stay patients

Days since admission are divided into:
Less than 6 months
At least 6 months, less than 1 year
At least 1 years, less than 5 years
5 years or more

Number of patients, by Health Condition for long stay patients

Health Conditions are divided into:
Mental Health
Abnormal clinical findings
Circulatory
Injury & poisoning
Intestinal infectious diseases

Headcount of the Scottish social service workforce 2015, 2023 and 2024

Numbers of employees are given under:
Adoption services
Adult day care
Adult placement services
Care homes for adults
Central and strategic staff
Child care agencies
Childminding
Day care of children
Fieldwork service (adults)
Fieldwork service (children)
Fieldwork service (generic)
Fieldwork service (justice)
Fostering services
Housing support/care at home
Nurse agencies
Offender accommodation services
Residential child care
School care accommodation

This is given for years 2015, 2023 and 2024.
Percentage changes from 2015 and 2023 are also given. These are in relation to 2024.

Working Time Equivalent, headcount and ratio by sub-sector, 2024

WTE (37.5 hours), Headcount (HC), Ratio are given for:

Adoption services
Adult day care
Adult placement service
Care homes for adults
Central and strategic staff
Child care agencies
Childminding
Day care of children
Fieldwork services (adults)
Fieldwork services (children)
Fieldwork services (generic)
Fieldwork services (justice)
Fostering services
Housing support/care at home
Nurse agencies
Offender accommodation services
Residential child care
School care accommodation

Working Time Equivalent and headcount figures for the Scottish social service workforce, 2015-2024

WTE (37.5 hours), Headcount (HC) and Ratio of WTE to HC are given for:

2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024

Number of active services registered with the Care Inspectorate at 31 December 2015, 2023 and 2024

Number of active services are given under:
Adoption services
Adult day care
Adult placement services
Care homes for adults
Child care agencies
Childminding
Day care of children
Fostering services
Housing support/care at home
Nurse agencies
Offender accommodation services
Residential child care
School care accommodation

This is given for years 2015, 2023 and 2024.
Percentage changes from 2015 and 2023 are also given. These are in relation to 2024.

Headcount of services, number of services and number of providers as at December 2015, 2023 and 2024

Headcount given for 2015, 2023 and 2024. This is broken down into:

Providers
Services
Staff Headcount

Estimates for excluded groups, 2024

The volunteer estimates relate to volunteers in registered services only

Estimates for the below groups are given for:
Childminding assistants
Volunteers (public)
Volunteers (private)
Volunteers (voluntary)

Headcount of the Scottish social service workforce, and the number of services, by children/adult grouping 2015, 2023 and 2024

[1] In headcount of filled posts a small amount of double counting of individuals may exist. We round figures to the nearest 10 which means that individual columns may not sum to the totals.
[2] ‘Children/adult grouping’ aggregates services that are predominantly for adults and services that are predominantly for children. See Appendix A Table 42 for grouping detail.
[3] The count of services includes local authority social work services and active care services registered with the Care Inspectorate.
[4] The December 2024 figures reflect a reclassification of some staff from Other to Adults. See Appendix A for more information.
[5] The December 2024 figures reflect a notably higher number of social workers in Children and (to a greater extent) Adults reported by one council. See Appendix A for more information.

2015, 2023 and 2024 headcounts % change since 2015 were given for:
Children
Adults
Other
Total

Also, 2015 services, 2023 services, and 2024 services and a second % change since 2025 were given for these same four categories.

Headcount of the Scottish social service workforce, and the number of active services, by service grouping 2015, 2023 and 2024

[1] Headcount of filled posts; a small amount of double counting of individuals may exist. We round figures to the nearest 10 which means that individual columns may not sum to the totals.
[2] ‘Service grouping’ aggregates services based on their provision. See Appendix A Table 38 for grouping detail.
[3] Active services comprise local authority social work services and care services registered with the Care Inspectorate.
[4] The figures reflect a notably higher number of social workers in Social work services reported by one council. See Appendix A for more information.

Figures given under Service Grouping, 2015 Headcount, 2023 Headcount, 2024 Headcount, % change since 2015, 2015 services, 2023 services, 2024 services % change since 2015 for the following categories:

Adult Social Care
Childcare and Education
Social Work Services
Children and Young People
Agencies
Justice services
Total

Headcount by local authority area and employer type, 2024

[1] A small number of staff in the private and voluntary sectors have given office addresses outwith Scotland.
[2] The Edinburgh public figure reflects a notably higher number of social workers than reported in previous years. See Appendix A for more information.

Figures given for Public, Private, Voluntary, Total for these Scottish local authorities

Aberdeen City
Aberdeenshire
Angus
Argyll and Bute
Clackmannanshire
Dumfries and Galloway
Dundee City
East Ayrshire
East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh, City of
Falkirk
Fife
Glasgow City
Highland
Inverclyde
Midlothian
Moray
Na h-Eileanan Siar
North Ayrshire
North Lanarkshire
Orkney Islands
Perth and Kinross
Renfrewshire
Scottish Borders
Shetland Islands
South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire
Stirling
West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian
Outwith Scotland[1]
Total

Work Time Equivalent densities by local authority area, 2024

[1] The Edinburgh WTE figure reflects a notably higher number of social workers than reported in previous years. See Appendix A for more information.
[2] Source: National records of Scotland, Mid-year Population Estimates Scotland, mid-2024

Figures given for Population, WTE, Density (per 10k) for the following LAs:

Aberdeen City
Aberdeenshire
Angus
Argyll & Bute
Clackmannanshire
Dumfries & Galloway
Dundee City
East Ayrshire
East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh, City of
Falkirk
Fife
Glasgow City
Highland
Inverclyde
Midlothian
Moray
Na h-Eileanan Siar
North Ayrshire
North Lanarkshire
Orkney Islands
Perth & Kinross
Renfrewshire
Scottish Borders
Shetland Islands
South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire
Stirling
West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian
Scotland

Table 11: Headcount by sub-sector and employer type, 2024

[1] The figures reflect a reclassification of some staff from central and strategic teams to fieldwork (generic). See Appendix A for more information.
[2] The figures reflect a notably higher number of social workers in fieldwork services (children) and (to a greater extent) fieldwork services (adults) reported by one council. See Appendix A for more information.

Figures for Public, Private, Voluntary, Total

Adoption services
Adult day care
Adult placement services
Care homes for adults
Central and strategic staff
Child care agencies
Childminding
Day care of children
Fieldwork service (adults)
Fieldwork service (children)
Fieldwork service (generic)
Fieldwork service (justice)
Fostering services
Housing support/care at home
Nurse agencies
Offender accommodation servs.
Residential child care
School care accommodation
Total

Body Mass Index of patients receiving forensic services, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

Body Mass Index (BMI) given each year under:
Underweight
Normal
Overweight
Obese

* Patients in eating disorder wards are not included
** Excludes patients where data was missing or outlier

Number of patients receiving forensic services who smoke and/or have history of drug/alcohol abuse, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

Categories for each year given under:
Smoking
Drug misuse
Alcohol misuse

* Patients can be in more than one category

Patients receiving forensic services with evidence of self-harm in week prior to admission by self-harm type, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

Self-harm in week prior to admission for each year is given under:
Self-harm (any)
Self-harm (non-accidental injury)
Self-harm (poisoning)
Self-harm (other)

* c – Data excluded due to small numbers.
** Patients can be in more than one category

Patients receiving forensic services with evidence of suicidal ideation on admission, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

Count of “yes” given for each year

Number of patients treated outwith but funded by NHS Scotland, 2014 – 2024

NHS Board responsible for funding given each year under:
NHS Ayrshire & Arran
NHS Borders
NHS Dumfries & Galloway
NHS Fife
NHS Forth Valley
NHS Grampian
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
NHS Highland
NHS Lanarkshire
NHS Lothian
NHS Orkney
NHS Shetland
NHS Tayside
NHS Western Isles
National Services Division
All

* c – Data excluded due to small numbers
* 1 patient was not known

Sector of treatment for patients treated outwith but funded by NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

Sector of treatment for each year given under:
NHS England/Other
Private
All

* Some categories merged due to small numbers

Sex breakdown of patients treated outwith but funded by NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

Patients by sex given for each year under:
Male
Female
All

Age breakdown of patients treated outwith but funded by NHS Scotland, 2014 – 2024

Patients by age group for each year given under:
Under 18
18-39
40-64
65+

* c – Data excluded due to small numbers. Secondary suppression applied.

Length of stay for patients treated outwith but funded by NHS Scotland, 2014 – 2024

Time since admission as at census date for each year given under:
Less than 6 months
At least 6 months, less than 1 year
At least 1 year, less than 5 years
5 years or more
Missing data

Average (median) days since admission

Days since care plan review for patients treated outwith but funded by NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

Days since care plan review for each year given under:
Less than 2 weeks
At least 2 weeks, less than 1 month
At least 1 month, less than 3 months
At least 3 months, less than 6 months
6 months or more
Missing data

Hospital-based complex clinical care (HBCCC) for patients treated outwith but funded by NHS Scotland, 2017 – 2024

Did patient receive HBCCC? (given for each year)
Yes
No

Patients treated outwith but funded by NHS Scotland with a learning disability/autism diagnosis, 2014 – 2024

Did patient have a learning disability or autism diagnosis? (given for each year)
Yes
No

Type of mental health conditions for patients treated outwith but funded by NHS Scotland, 2014 – 2024

Diagnosis given for each year under:
Personality Disorders
Learning Disabilities or autism
Schizophrenia
Psychological Development
Dementia

* Patients may have more than one diagnosis
** Some diagnoses not included due to small numbers
*** c – Data excluded due to small numbers

Number of patients, by age group and sex

Age group broken down into:
0-39
40-64
65+
All

This is further subdivided into:
Male
Female
All

Number of patients, by ethnicity

Ethnicity is divided into:
White Scottish
White Other British
White
Other white ethnic group
African, African Scottish or African British
Any mixed or multiple ethnic groups
White Polish
Pakistani, Pakistani Scottish or Pakistani British
White Irish
Other ethnic group
Missing / not known / refused

Number of patients, by NHS Board responsible for funding for patients receiving Hospital Based Complex Clinical Care

NHS Boards broken down into:
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
NHS Lothian
NHS Fife
NHS Tayside
NHS Lanarkshire
NHS Grampian
NHS Ayrshire & Arran
NHS Forth Valley
NHS Highland
Other
Scotland

Rate per 100,000 population, by NHS Board responsible for funding for patients receiving Hospital Based Complex Clinical Care

NHS Boards broken down into:
NHS Fife
NHS Tayside
NHS Lothian
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
NHS Ayrshire & Arran
NHS Lanarkshire
NHS Grampian
NHS Forth Valley
NHS Highland

Number of patients, by Local Authority of home post code for funding for patients receiving Hospital Based Complex Clinical Care

Local Authority broken down into:
Aberdeen City
Aberdeenshire
Angus
Dundee City
East Ayrshire
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh, City of
Fife
Glasgow City
Highland
Inverclyde
Midlothian
Moray
North Ayrshire
North Lanarkshire
Perth & Kinross
Renfrewshire
Scottish Borders
South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire
West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian
Other
* Other includes Local Authorities where numbers were too small to present individually
** Information was unknown for 48 patients

Number of patients, by age and sex for funding for patients receiving Hospital Based Complex Clinical Care

Age group broken down into:
0-39
40-64
65+
All

This is further subdivided into:
Male
Female
All

Number of patients, by current specialty for funding for patients receiving Hospital Based Complex Clinical Care

Current Specialty is divided into:
Psychiatry of Old Age
General Psychiatry
Forensic Psychiatry
Outwith NHS Scotland
Geriatric Medicine
Other
Missing / Not Known
* Other includes a range of specialties with small numbers of patients that have been aggregated to protect patient confidentiality.

Adult patients with evidence of self-harm in week prior to admission , NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

Self-harm in week prior to admission for each year given under:
Self-harm (any)
Self-harm (non-accidental injury)
Self-harm (poisoning)
Self-harm (other)

* Patients can be in more than one category.

Adult patients with evidence of suicidal ideation on admission, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

Suicidal ideation prior to census for each year given under:
Yes
No
Not Known / not provided

Number of children/young people by age breakdown, NHS Scotland, 2014 – 2024

Age Group for each year given as:
0 to 15
16 to 17
All under 18s

Number of children/young people by ward type, NHS Scotland, 2014 – 2024

Ward Type for all years given as:
Children’s Unit / Young People’s Unit
Other
All

Number of children/young people by consultant specialty, NHS Scotland, 2014 – 2024

Speciality of consultant for each year given under:
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Other
All
* data for some inpatients was missing or not known

Number of children/young people by average (median) length of stay, NHS Scotland, 2014 – 2024

Days since admission for each year given under:
Less than 1 month
At least 1 month, less than 3 months
3 months or more

Median number of days since admission

Number of children/young people by source of referral, NHS Scotland, 2014 – 2024

Source of referral for each year given under:
Community Mental Health Service / Out-Patients
Other
All

Number of patients receiving forensic services in Census, NHS Scotland, 2014 – 2024

NHS Board’s given for each year under:
NHS Ayrshire & Arran
NHS Borders
NHS Dumfries & Galloway
NHS Fife
NHS Forth Valley
NHS Grampian
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
NHS Highland
NHS Lanarkshire
NHS Lothian
NHS Tayside
NHS Western Isles
State Hospital
Scotland

* c – Data excluded due to small numbers

Sex breakdown of patients receiving forensic services, NHS Scotland, 2014 – 2024

Sex given for each year under:
Male
Female
All

Age breakdown of patients receiving forensic services, NHS Scotland, 2014 – 2024

Age Category given for eahc year under:
0-39
40-64
65+
All

Ward type breakdown of patients receiving forensic services, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

Ward Type for each year given under:
Forensic (non-LD)
Forensic (LD)
IPCU
Other
All

* Due to a definitional change, comparisons with 2014 are unavailable
* Some ward types have been included as “Other” due to small numbers

Ward security of patients receiving forensic services, NHS Scotland, 2014 – 2024

Ward Security Level
Low Security
Medium Security
High Security
General Psychiatric Ward
Open forensic Ward
Other
All

* Data is missing for some patients where ward security question was not applicable

Consultant speciality for patients receiving forensic services, NHS Scotland, 2014 – 2024

Specialty of Consultant for each year given under:
Forensic Psychiatry
Learning Disability
Other
Missing
All

* c – Data excluded due to small numbers

Length of stay for patients receiving forensic services, NHS Scotland, 2014 – 2024

Days since admission for each year given under:
Less than 2 weeks
At least 2 weeks, less than 1 month
At least 1 month, less than 3 months
At least 3 months, less than 6 months
At least 6 months, less than 1 year
At least 1 year, less than 5 years
5 years or more

Average (median) days since admission
For non-Forensic Services patients

* c – Data excluded due to small numbers. Secondary suppression also applied.

Number of mental health conditions of patients receiving forensic services, NHS Scotland, 2024

Number of mental health conditions divided under:
1
2
3
4+

* Not all patients receiving forensic services are included due to missing data
** Based on recording of ICD-10 codes in primary or secondary positions

Type of mental health conditions for patients receiving forensic services, NHS Scotland, 2019 – 2024

Diagnosis for each year given under:
Bipolar affective disorder
Depression
Austistic Spectrum Disorder
Schizotypal and delusional disorders
Learning disabilities
Personality disorders
Schizophrenia

* Mental health diagnoses are based on ICD 10 codes in primary and secondary positions
** Personality disorders and autistic spectrum disorder counts also rely on respective questions on these disorders
*** Patients may have more than one diagnosis
**** Some diagnoses not included due to small numbers

Patients receiving forensic services with physical health co-morbidity, NHS Scotland, 2024

Number of physical health conditions for each year given under:
0
1
2
3
4+
* Not all patients receiving forensic services are included due to missing data

Type of physical health co-morbidity for patients receiving forensic services , NHS Scotland, 2019 – 2024

Diagnosis given under:
Diabetes
Dyslipidaemia
Chronic Pain Condition
Hypertension
Epilepsy
Sensory Impairment
COPD
Acquired Brain Injury
Coronary Heart Disease

* Patients can have more than one physical condition
** Some conditions not included due to small numbers
*** c – Data excluded due to small numbers

Number of patients receiving forensic services receiving a general physical examination within one day of admission, NHS Scotland, 2017 – 2024

General Physical Exam for each year given under:
Yes
No
Offered, declined by patient
Clinically not appropriate
Not Known

* c – Data excluded due to small numbers
** Applies to patients admitted to mental health bed within last year

Number of patients receiving forensic services receiving an annual physical examination, NHS Scotland, 2017 – 2024

Annual Physical Health Check for every year given under:
Yes
Offered, declined by patient
No
Not Known

* c – Data excluded due to small numbers
** Applies to patients admitted to mental health bed over one year ago

Sex breakdown of patients in Census, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

This is broken down for each year into:
Male
Female

* Information not returned or “prefer not to say” for a small number of patients
Sex was recorded as “Gender” until 2023.

Age and sex breakdowns of patients in Census, NHS Scotland, 2023

This is broken down into:
Male
Female

And given for:
<18
18-39
40-64
65+

* Information not returned or "prefer not to say" for a small number of patients
* Some figures have been rounded due to small numbers

Reason patient was admitted to inpatient facility, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

This is broken down for each year into:
Diagnostic
Learning disability
No additional detail
Other type of psychiatric admission
Rehabilitation
Self-inflicted injury
Therapeutic/Clinical crisis

* Not all reasons have been included due to small numbers

Ethnicity breakdown of patients in Census, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

Ethnicity, for each year is given under:
Ethnicity
White Scottish
Other White
Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British
African, African Scottish or African British
Other/multiple ethnic groups
Refused or Not Known

Marital status of patients in Census, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

Data are broken down into:
Never married nor registered civil partnership
Married
Separated, but still married
Divorced
Widowed
Not known

* Not all marital status categories presented due to small numbers.

Patients in Census with dependents, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

Dependents given for each year under:
Child(ren) under 5
Child(ren) aged 5-15
Child(ren) aged 16-18 in full time education
Partner
Working Age Adult (aged 16-64)
Elderly Relative(s) (aged 65+)
None

* Some information excluded and some figures have been rounded due to small numbers
** Patients can have more than one dependent type

Employment status of patients in Census, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

Employment Status is broken down into:
Retired
Student
Unemployed
Employed
Housewife
Not Allowed To Work
Not Known

* Some information excluded due to small numbers

Number of adult patients by consultant specialty, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

Consultant Specialty is broken down each year into:
Addictions
Forensic Psychiatry
General Psychiatry
Learning Disability
Missing / not known
Other
Psychiatry of Old Age
All

* Some categories included in “Other” due to small numbers

Number of adult patients by other legislation, NHS Scotland, 2024

Legislation is broken down into:
Mental Health Act – Compulsory Treatment Order
Not applicable
Adults with incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000
Mental Health Act – Short Term Detention Certificate (28 days)
Criminal Procedure Act – Compulsion Order and Restriction Order (Section 57(2) (a) and (b))
Criminal Procedure Act – Compulsory Order (Section 57A)
Mental Health Act – Transfer for Treatment Direction (Section 136)
Criminal Procedure Act – Treatment Order (Section 52K-S)
Mental Health Act – Community Based Treatment Order
Criminal Procedure Act – Restriction Order (Section 59)
Criminal Procedure Act – Interim Compulsion Order (Section 53 & 57(2)(bb))
The Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007
Criminal Procedure Act – Assessment Order (Section 52B-J)
Other Legislation
Mental Health Act – Emergency Detention Certificate
* MHA – Mental Health Act, CPA – Criminal Procedure Act
** Patients can be in more than one category
*** Some categories included in “Other legislation” due to small numbers

Number of mental health conditions of adult patients in Census, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

Number of mental health conditions is given each year for:
1
2
3
4+
* Not all adult patients are included due to missing data
** Based on recording of ICD-10 codes in primary or secondary positions

Type of mental health conditions for adult patients in Census, NHS Scotland, 2017 – 2024

Diagnosis for each year divided into:
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Behavioural and emotional disorders (childhood and adolescence onset)
Behavioural syndromes
Bipolar affective disorder
Dementia
Depression
Learning disabilities
Manic episode
Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform
Other mood (affective) disorders
Personality disorders
Schizophrenia
Schizotypal and delusional disorders

* Mental health diagnoses are based on ICD 10 codes in primary and secondary positions
** Personality disorders and autistic spectrum disorder counts also rely on respective questions on these disorders
*** Patients may have more than one diagnosis
**** Some diagnoses may not be included due to small numbers

Number of adults patients with physical health co-morbidities in Census, NHS Scotland, 2017 – 2024

Number of physical health conditions given for each year for:
0
1
2
3
4
5
6+

* Data missing for small number of patients in 2017 and 2018

Type of physical health co-morbidity for adult patients in Census, NHS Scotland, 2017 – 2024

Condition for each year broken down into:
Acquired Brain Injury
Alcohol Acquired Brain Injury
Cancer Diagnosis
Chronic Kidney Disease
Chronic Pain Condition
COPD
Coronary Heart Disease
Diabetes
Dyslipidaemia
Epilepsy
Hypertension
Liver Disease
Parkinson
Sensory Impairment
Stroke TIA
Thyroid

* Patients can have more than one physical condition

Number of adults patients receiving a general physical examination within one day of admission, NHS Scotland, 2017 – 2024

General Physical Exam given for each year as:
Yes
No
Offered, declined by patient
Clinically not appropriate/Not Known/Missing

* Applies to patients admitted to mental health bed within last year

Number of adults patients receiving an annual physical examination, NHS Scotland, 2017 – 2024

Annual physical health check for each year as:
Yes
No
Offered, declined by patient
Clinically not appropriate/Not Known/Missing

* Applies to patients admitted longer than one year

Body Mass Index of adults patients in Census, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

Body Mass Index (BMI) for each year given as:
Normal
Overweight
Obese
Underweight
Not known/Excluded as outlier

* Patients in eating disorder wards are not included

Number of adult patients in Census who smoke and/or have history of drug/alcohol use, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

Categories given as:
Smoking
Alcohol misuse
Drug use

* Patients can be in more than one category

Number of substances used by adult patients in Census with history of drug abuse, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

Number of substances used in 4 weeks prior to admission for each year given as:
One
Two
Three
Four
Five or more
Not known
* Some figures have been rounded due to small numbers

Substances used by adult patients in Census with history of drug abuse, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

Substances used in four weeks prior to admission for each year given for:
Amphetamine
Cannabis
Cocaine
Ecstasy
Glues, solvents, gas or aerosols
Heroin
LSD
New Psychoactive Substances
Opioids other than heroin
Sedatives / tranquilisers

* Patients can be in more than one category
* Some information excluded and some figures have been rounded due to small numbers

Route of substances used by adult patients in Census with history of drug abuse, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

Route of substances used in 4 weeks prior to admission given each year for:
Injecting
Oral
Smoke or nasal

* Patients can be in more than one category
** Data is missing for some patients

ASK ALL aged 4-15 who are carers
SHOW CARD A12
What kind of support, if any, do you personally receive as a carer to help with the care that you provide?
INTERVIEWER: CODE ALL THAT APPLY

1 Short breaks or respite e.g. day time breaks, overnight breaks
or emergency respite [RG20b1]
2 Advice and information [RG20b2]
3 Practical things, e.g. putting hand rails in the bathroom, transport
to a day centre [RG20b3]
4 Talking to someone for support, e.g. family member, friend, counsellor [RG20b4]
5 Having a befriender or a peer mentor [RG20b5]
6 Advocacy services [RG20b6]
7 Personal assistant/ support worker/ community nurse/ home help [RG20b7]
8 Help from family, friends or neighbours [RG20b8]
9 Help from teachers at school, e.g. talking or extra help with homework [RG20b9]
10 Social activities and support, e.g. young carers’ groups or day trips[RG20b10]
11 Other (SPECIFY) [RG20b11]
12 Receive no help or support [RG20b12]

Number of patients in psychiatric, addiction or learning disability bed, NHS Scotland, 2014 – 2024

Data given for the following NHS boards:
NHS Ayrshire & Arran
NHS Borders
NHS Dumfries & Galloway
NHS Fife
NHS Forth Valley
NHS Grampian
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
NHS Highland
NHS Lanarkshire
NHS Lothian
NHS Tayside
NHS Western Isles
State Hospital
Scotland

Patients per 100,000 population in psychiatric, addiction or learning disability bed, NHS Scotland, 2014 – 2024

Data given for the following NHS boards:
NHS Ayrshire & Arran
NHS Borders
NHS Dumfries & Galloway
NHS Fife
NHS Forth Valley
NHS Grampian
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
NHS Highland
NHS Lanarkshire
NHS Lothian
NHS Tayside
NHS Western Isles
State Hospital
Scotland

Number of psychiatric, addiction or learning disability beds, NHS Scotland, 2014 – 2024

Data given for the following NHS boards:
NHS Ayrshire & Arran
NHS Borders
NHS Dumfries & Galloway
NHS Fife
NHS Forth Valley
NHS Grampian
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
NHS Highland
NHS Lanarkshire
NHS Lothian
NHS Tayside
NHS Western Isles
State Hospital
Scotland

Occupancy rates for psychiatric, addiction or learning disability beds, NHS Scotland, 2014 – 2024

Data given for the following NHS boards:
NHS Ayrshire & Arran
NHS Borders
NHS Dumfries & Galloway
NHS Fife
NHS Forth Valley
NHS Grampian
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
NHS Highland
NHS Lanarkshire
NHS Lothian
NHS Tayside
NHS Western Isles
State Hospital
Scotland

Number of patients boarding from another hospital, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

This is given for:
“Boarding” from another hospital
“Boarding” in same NHS Health Board
% “Boarding” same NHS Health Board

Number of patients on pass at Census, NHS Scotland, 2014 – 2024.

“On pass” = patients who are legally considered inpatients but are temporarily away from the hospital on planned leave as part of their recovery.

Data given for:
Number of patients on pass at Census
% of Census patients

Number of HBCCC patients at Census, NHS Scotland, 2017 – 2024

Data given for:
Number of patients in receipt of HBCCC at Census
% of Census patients

Number of delayed discharge patients at Census, NHS Scotland, 2014 – 2023

Yes
Not applicable
Not known or no data provided
% of Census patients with delayed discharge
* percentages are out of those patients whose data was provided

Average (median) length of stay for patients at Census, NHS Scotland, 2014 – 2024

Average (median) days
Average (median) banded

Number of psychiatric, addiction or learning disability beds by ward type, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

This is given for ward type:
Acute
Addiction Wards ¹
Admission & Assessment 4
Continuing care/long stay
Dementia Wards ²
Eating Disorder
Forensic (LD)
Forensic (non-LD)
Intensive Psychiatric Care
Learning Disability unit
Other (please specify)
Perinatal
Rehabilitation (non-addiction)
Young People/Children ³

¹ Addiction wards are the combination of addiction rehabilitation and addiction detox wards
² Dementia wards are the combination of dementia assessment and dementia care & treatment wards
³ Young People/Children wards are the combination of Young people’s units and Children’s units
4 Admission & Assessment only included as option from 2018 Census

Occupancy rates for psychiatric, addiction or learning disability beds by ward type, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

This is given for ward type:
Acute
Addiction Wards ¹
Admission & Assessment 4
Continuing care/long stay
Dementia Wards ²
Eating Disorder
Forensic (LD)
Forensic (non-LD)
Intensive Psychiatric Care
Learning Disability unit
Other (please specify)
Perinatal
Rehabilitation (non-addiction)
Young People/Children ³

¹ Addiction wards are the combination of addiction rehabilitation and addiction detox wards
² Dementia wards are the combination of dementia assessment and dementia care & treatment wards
³ Young People/Children wards are the combination of Young people’s units and Children’s units
4 Admission & Assessment only included as option from 2018 Census

Ward security level overview, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

Ward security level given for:
General Psychiatric Ward
Low Security
Medium Security
High Security
Community Facility
Intensive Psychiatric Care Unit (IPCU)
Open forensic Ward
Not Applicable
All

Ward security level by ward type, NHS Scotland, 2024

Data given for ward type:
Acute
Addiction Wards
Admission & Assessment
Continuing care / long stay / recovery (non-dementia)
Dementia Wards
Eating Disorder
Forensic (LD)
Forensic (non-LD)
ICPU*
Learning Disability unit (non-Forensic)
Other (please specify)
Perinatal
Rehabilitation (non-addiction)
Young People/Children
All Wards

¹ Addiction wards are the combination of addiction rehabilitation and addiction detox wards
² Dementia wards are the combination of dementia assessment and dementia care & treatment wards
³ Young People/Children wards are the combination of Young people’s units and Children’s units
4 Admission & Assessment only included as option from 2018 Census
* “Other” includes community facility, Intensive Psychiatric Care and Open Forensic

Observation level by ward type, NHS Scotland, 2024

Data divided into:
General Observation
Constant, Special or Enhanced Observation

Data given for ward type:
Acute
Addiction Wards ¹
Admission & Assessment
Continuing care/long stay
Dementia Wards ²
Forensic (LD)
Forensic (non-LD)
IPCU
Learning Disability
Rehabilitation (non-addiction)
Young People/Children ³

c- denotes data suppressed due to small numbers. Secondary suppression also applied.
* Not all ward types included
** Excludes patients returned as “Not Applicable” or “Unknown”
¹ Addiction wards are the combination of addiction rehabilitation and addiction detox wards
² Dementia wards are the combination of dementia assessment and dementia care & treatment wards
³ Young People/Children wards are the combination of Young people’s units and Children’s units

Status of patient at admission by ward type, NHS Scotland, 2024

Data divided into:
Formal
Informal

Data given for ward type:
Acute
Addiction Wards ¹
Admission & Assessment 4
Continuing care/long stay
Dementia Wards ²
Eating Disorder
Forensic (non-LD)
IPCU
Learning Disability
Rehabilitation (non-addiction)
Young People/Children ³

* Not all ward types included and some figures have been rounded due to small numbers
¹ Addiction wards are the combination of addiction rehabilitation and addiction detox wards
² Dementia wards are the combination of dementia assessment and dementia care & treatment wards
³ Young People/Children wards are the combination of Young people’s units and Children’s units
4 Admission & Assessment only included as option from 2018 Census

Status of patient at Census by ward type, NHS Scotland, 2024

Data divided into:
Formal
Informal

Data are then given for each ward type:
Acute
Addiction Wards ¹
Admission & Assessment 4
Continuing care/long stay
Dementia Wards ²
Eating Disorder
Forensic (non-LD)
IPCU
Learning Disability
Rehabilitation (non-addiction)
Young People/Children ³

* Not all ward types included and some figures have been rounded due to small numbers
¹ Addiction wards are the combination of addiction rehabilitation and addiction detox wards
² Dementia wards are the combination of dementia assessment and dementia care & treatment wards
³ Young People/Children wards are the combination of Young people’s units and Children’s units
4 Admission & Assessment only included as option from 2018 Census

Number of HBCCC patients by ward type, NHS Scotland, 2017 – 2024

For each year, data are divided into:
HBCCC Patients
% of Ward HBCCC

Data are then given for each ward type:
Acute
Dementia Wards ¹
Rehabilitation (non-addiction)
Continuing care/long stay
Forensic (non-LD)
All

* Not all ward types included due to small numbers
¹ Dementia wards are the combination of dementia assessment and dementia care & treatment wards

Average (median) length of stay (in days) by ward type, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

Data are then given for each ward type:
Acute
Addiction Wards ¹
Continuing care/long stay
Dementia Wards ²
Eating Disorder
Forensic (LD)
Forensic (non-LD)
IPCU
Learning Disability
Rehabilitation (non-addiction)

* Not all ward types included due to small numbers
¹ Addiction wards are the combination of addiction rehabilitation and addiction detox wards
² Dementia wards are the combination of dementia assessment and dementia care & treatment wards

Age breakdown of patients in Census, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

This is broken down for each year into:
<18
18-39
40-64
65+
Median Age at Census

ASK ALL aged 4-15 who are carers (IF RG15New=Yes THEN)

What kind of support, if any, do you personally receive as a carer to help with the care that you provide?
INTERVIEWER: CODE ALL THAT APPLY

1 Short breaks or respite e.g. day time breaks, overnight breaks
or emergency respite [RG20b1]
2 Advice and information [RG20b2]
3 Practical things, e.g. putting hand rails in the bathroom, transport
to a day centre [RG20b3]
4 Talking to someone for support, e.g. family member, friend, counsellor [RG20b4]
5 Having a befriender or a peer mentor [RG20b5]
6 Advocacy services [RG20b6]
7 Personal assistant/ support worker/ community nurse/ home help [RG20b7]
8 Help from family, friends or neighbours [RG20b8]
9 Help from teachers at school, e.g. talking or extra help with homework [RG20b9]
10 Social activities and support, e.g. young carers’ groups or day trips[RG20b10]
11 Other (SPECIFY) [RG20b11]
12 Receive no help or support [RG20b12

Please look at this card. There has been a lot of talk about health and income. We would like to get some idea of your household’s income. This card shows various possible
sources of income. Can you please tell me which of these you (and your husband/wife/partner) receive? INTERVIEWER: PROBE FOR ALL SOURCES. CODE ALL THAT APPLY

1 Earnings from employment or self-employment (incl. overtime, tips, bonuses) [SrcInc1]
2 State retirement pension [SrcInc2]
3 Pension from former employer [SrcInc3]
4 Personal pensions [SrcInc4]
5 Pension Credit [SrcInc5]
6 Child Benefit [SrcInc6]
7 Universal Credit [SrcInc7]
8 Job-Seekers Allowance [SrcInc8]
9 Income Support [SrcInc9]
10 Working Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit or any other Tax Credit [SrcInc10]
11 Housing Benefit [SrcInc11]
12 Employment and Support Allowance [SrcInc12]
13 Personal Independence Payments [SrcInc13
14 Disability Living Allowance [SrcInc14]
15 Attendance Allowance [SrcInc15]
16 Carer’s Allowance [SrcInc16]
17 Other state benefits [SrcInc17]
18 Student grants and bursaries (but not loans) [SrcInc18]
19 Interest from savings and investments (e.g. stocks & shares) [SrcInc19]
20 Rent from property (after expenses) [SrcInc20]
21 Other kinds of regular income (e.g. maintenance or grants) [SrcInc21]
22 No source of income [SrcInc22]

Apart from anything you do as part of paid employment, do you look after, or give any regular help or support to family members, friends, neighbours or others because of either long-term physical, mental ill-health, disability; or problems related to old age?

1 Yes
2 No

Who is it that you provide regular help or care for?
INTERVIEWER: Code up to two people cared for.

Code the first person here.
1-12 Person numbers of household members
97 Someone outside the household

Who else do you provide regular help or care for?
INTERVIEWER: Code the second person here.

1-12 Person numbers of household members
97 Someone outside the household
98 No one else

Who is it that you provide regular help or care for outside your household?
INTERVIEWER: Code all that apply

1 Parent/parent-in-law [RG16c1]
2 Other relative [RG16c2]
3 Friend/neighbour [RG16c3]
4 Other person [RG16c4]

In total, how many hours each week approximately do you spend providing any regular help or support?

INTERVIEWER: Include care provided both inside and outside the household.
INTERVIEWER: EXCLUDE ANY CARING THAT IS DONE AS PART OF PAID EMPLOYMENT INTERVIEWER: Show showcard
1 Up to 4 hours a week
2 5 – 19 hours a week
3 20 – 34 hours a week
4 35 – 49 hours a week
5 50 or more hours a week
6 Varies (spontaneous – not on SHOW CARD

How long have you been providing this care for (him/her/them)?
INTERVIEWER: Please code the longest period of care if caring for more than one person.

1 Less than one year
2 One year but less than 5 years
3 5 years but less than 10 years
4 10 years but less than 20 years
5 20 years or more

Has your employment been affected by the help or support you give the (person/people) that you currently care for in any of these ways? Please read out the numbers that apply
from the card.
INTERVIEWER: CODE ALL THAT APPLY
INTERVIEWER: The question relates to the impact of caring on present employment. If unsure of how to code a particular answer code as ‘other’ and write in details

1 Been unable to take up employment [RG191]
2 Worked fewer hours [RG192]
3 Reduced responsibility at work [RG193]
4 Flexible employment agreed [RG194]
5 Changed to work at home [RG195]
6 Reduced opportunities for promotion [RG196]
7 Took new job [RG197]
8 Left employment altogether [RG198]
9 Took early retirement [RG199]
10 Other (SPECIFY) [RG1910]
11 Employment not affected/never had a job [RG1911]

ASK ALL 16+ who are carers
What kind of support, if any, do you personally receive as a carer to help with the care that you provide?

1 Short breaks or respite e.g. day time breaks, overnight breaks or
emergency respite [RG201]
2 Advice and information [RG202]
3 Practical support (e.g. transport, equipment/adaptations) [RG203]
4 Counselling or emotional support [RG204]
5 Training and learning [RG205]
6 Advocacy services [RG206]
7 Personal assistant/ support worker/ community nurse/ home help [RG207]
8 Help from family, friends or neighbours [RG208]
9 Carer’s allowance [RG209]
10 Other (SPECIFY) [RG2010]
11 Receive no help or support [RG2011]

ASK ALL aged 4-15 who are carers
SHOW CARD A12
What kind of support, if any, do you personally receive as a carer to help with the care that you provide?
INTERVIEWER: CODE ALL THAT APPLY

1 Short breaks or respite e.g. day time breaks, overnight breaks
or emergency respite [RG20b1]
2 Advice and information [RG20b2]
3 Practical things, e.g. putting hand rails in the bathroom, transport
to a day centre [RG20b3]
4 Talking to someone for support, e.g. family member, friend, counsellor [RG20b4]
5 Having a befriender or a peer mentor [RG20b5]
6 Advocacy services [RG20b6]
7 Personal assistant/ support worker/ community nurse/ home help [RG20b7]
8 Help from family, friends or neighbours [RG20b8]
9 Help from teachers at school, e.g. talking or extra help with homework [RG20b9]
10 Social activities and support, e.g. young carers’ groups or day trips[RG20b10]
11 Other (SPECIFY) [RG20b11]
12 Receive no help or support [RG20b12]

Please look at this card. There has been a lot of talk about health and income. We would like to get some idea of your household’s income. This card shows various possible
sources of income. Can you please tell me which of these you (and your husband/wife/partner) receive? INTERVIEWER: PROBE FOR ALL SOURCES. CODE ALL THAT APPLY

1 Earnings from employment or self-employment (incl. overtime, tips, bonuses) [SrcInc1]
2 State retirement pension [SrcInc2]
3 Pension from former employer [SrcInc3]
4 Personal pensions [SrcInc4]
5 Pension Credit [SrcInc5]
6 Child Benefit [SrcInc6]
7 Universal Credit [SrcInc7]
8 Job-Seekers Allowance [SrcInc8]
9 Income Support [SrcInc9]
10 Working Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit or any other Tax Credit [SrcInc10]
11 Housing Benefit [SrcInc11]
12 Employment and Support Allowance [SrcInc12]
13 Personal Independence Payments [SrcInc13
14 Disability Living Allowance [SrcInc14]
15 Attendance Allowance [SrcInc15]
16 Carer’s Allowance [SrcInc16]
17 Other state benefits [SrcInc17]
18 Student grants and bursaries (but not loans) [SrcInc18]
19 Interest from savings and investments (e.g. stocks & shares) [SrcInc19]
20 Rent from property (after expenses) [SrcInc20]
21 Other kinds of regular income (e.g. maintenance or grants) [SrcInc21]
22 No source of income [SrcInc22]

Apart from anything you do as part of paid employment, do you look after, or give any regular help or support to family members, friends, neighbours or others because of either long-term physical, mental ill-health, disability; or problems related to old age?

1 Yes
2 No

Who is it that you provide regular help or care for?
INTERVIEWER: Code up to two people cared for.

Code the first person here.
1-12 Person numbers of household members
97 Someone outside the household

Who else do you provide regular help or care for?
INTERVIEWER: Code the second person here.

1-12 Person numbers of household members
97 Someone outside the household
98 No one else

Who is it that you provide regular help or care for outside your household?
INTERVIEWER: Code all that apply

1 Parent/parent-in-law [RG16c1]
2 Other relative [RG16c2]
3 Friend/neighbour [RG16c3]
4 Other person [RG16c4]

In total, how many hours each week approximately do you spend providing any regular help or support?

INTERVIEWER: Include care provided both inside and outside the household.
INTERVIEWER: EXCLUDE ANY CARING THAT IS DONE AS PART OF PAID EMPLOYMENT INTERVIEWER: Show showcard
1 Up to 4 hours a week
2 5 – 19 hours a week
3 20 – 34 hours a week
4 35 – 49 hours a week
5 50 or more hours a week
6 Varies (spontaneous – not on SHOW CARD

How long have you been providing this care for (him/her/them)?
INTERVIEWER: Please code the longest period of care if caring for more than one person.

1 Less than one year
2 One year but less than 5 years
3 5 years but less than 10 years
4 10 years but less than 20 years
5 20 years or more

Has your employment been affected by the help or support you give the (person/people) that you currently care for in any of these ways? Please read out the numbers that apply
from the card.
INTERVIEWER: CODE ALL THAT APPLY
INTERVIEWER: The question relates to the impact of caring on present employment. If unsure of how to code a particular answer code as ‘other’ and write in details

1 Been unable to take up employment [RG191]
2 Worked fewer hours [RG192]
3 Reduced responsibility at work [RG193]
4 Flexible employment agreed [RG194]
5 Changed to work at home [RG195]
6 Reduced opportunities for promotion [RG196]
7 Took new job [RG197]
8 Left employment altogether [RG198]
9 Took early retirement [RG199]
10 Other (SPECIFY) [RG1910]
11 Employment not affected/never had a job [RG1911]

ASK ALL 16+ who are carers
What kind of support, if any, do you personally receive as a carer to help with the care that you provide?

1 Short breaks or respite e.g. day time breaks, overnight breaks or
emergency respite [RG201]
2 Advice and information [RG202]
3 Practical support (e.g. transport, equipment/adaptations) [RG203]
4 Counselling or emotional support [RG204]
5 Training and learning [RG205]
6 Advocacy services [RG206]
7 Personal assistant/ support worker/ community nurse/ home help [RG207]
8 Help from family, friends or neighbours [RG208]
9 Carer’s allowance [RG209]
10 Other (SPECIFY) [RG2010]
11 Receive no help or support [RG2011]

Client’s Hours of Personal Care –actual

Number
VALIDATION: should not exceed the sum of scheduled Home Care hours.

Client’s Self-Directed Support Options

1 Yes
0 No

Client’s Self-Directed Support startdate

YYYY-MM-DD (OPTIONAL)
VALIDATION: must be before the end of the reporting period.

Client’s Self-Directed Support enddate

YYYY-MM-DD (OPTIONAL)
VALIDATION: must be after the start of the reporting period.
VALIDATION: must be the same as, or after, SDSstartdate (if returned).

Client’s Total Self-Directed Support Package Value

Value in pounds (note: keep the Excel format as “General”). Can be to two decimal places.
(REQUIRED IF EITHER SDS1 = 1 OR SDS2 = 1, OTHERWISE OPTIONAL)
VALIDATION: An error is flagged if this is less than the sum of ValueSDS1, ValueSDS2 and ValueSDS3.
A warning is flagged if this is greater than the sum of ValueSDS1, ValueSDS2 and ValueSDS3.

Client’s Self-Directed Support 1 Package Value

Value in pounds (note: keep the Excel format as “General”). Can be to two decimal places.
(REQUIRED IF SDS1 = 1)

Client’s Self-Directed Support 2 Package Value

Value in pounds (note: keep the Excel format as “General”). Can be to two decimal places.
(REQUIRED IF SDS1 = 1)

Client’s Self-Directed Support 2 Package Value

Value in pounds (note: keep the Excel format as “General”). Can be to two decimal places.
(REQUIRED IF SDS1 = 1)

Client’s Self-Directed Support contribution breakdown:

Social Work
Housing
Independent Living
Health
Client
Other
Not Known

For each listed category:
1 Yes
0 No
VALIDATION: at least one positive response must be entered in one of these cells.

Client’s Self-Directed Support contribution breakdown:

Personal Care
Health Care
Domestic Care
Housing Support
Social, Educational, Recreational
Equipment and Temporary Adaptations
Respite
Meals
Other
Not known

For each listed category:
1 Yes
0 No
VALIDATION: at least one positive response must be entered in one of these cells.

Client’s Self-Directed Support contribution breakdown:

PA contract
Local Authority
Private
Voluntary
Other
Not Known

For each listed category:
1 Yes
0 No
VALIDATION: at least one positive response must be entered in one of these cells.

Please look at this card. There has been a lot of talk about health and income. We would like to get some idea of your household’s income. This card shows various possible sources of income. Can you please tell me which of these you (and your husband/wife/partner) receive?

1 Earnings from employment or self-employment (incl. overtime, tips, bonuses) [SrcInc1]
2 State retirement pension [SrcInc2]
3 Pension from former employer [SrcInc3]
4 Personal pensions [SrcInc4]
5 Pension Credit [SrcInc5]
6 Child Benefit [SrcInc6]
7 Universal Credit [SrcInc7]
8 Job-Seekers Allowance [SrcInc8]
9 Income Support [SrcInc9]
10 Working Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit or any other Tax Credit [SrcInc10]
11 Housing Benefit [SrcInc11]
12 Employment and Support Allowance [SrcInc12]
13 Personal Independence Payments [SrcInc13
14 Disability Living Allowance [SrcInc14]
15 Attendance Allowance [SrcInc15]
16 Carer’s Allowance [SrcInc16]
17 Other state benefits [SrcInc17]
18 Student grants and bursaries (but not loans) [SrcInc18]
19 Interest from savings and investments (e.g. stocks & shares) [SrcInc19]
20 Rent from property (after expenses) [SrcInc20]
21 Other kinds of regular income (e.g. maintenance or grants) [SrcInc21]
22 No source of income

Apart from anything you do as part of paid employment, do you look after, or give any regular help or support to family members, friends, neighbours or others because of either long-term physical, mental ill-health, disability; or problems related to old age?

1 Yes
2 No

Who is it that you provide regular help or care for?

1-12 Person numbers of household members
97 Someone outside the household

Who else do you provide regular help or care for?

1-12 Person numbers of household members
97 Someone outside the household
98 No one else

Who is it that you provide regular help or care for outside your household?

1 Parent/parent-in-law [RG16c1]
2 Other relative [RG16c2]
3 Friend/neighbour [RG16c3]
4 Other person [RG16c4]

In total, how many hours each week approximately do you spend providing any regular help or support?

1 Up to 4 hours a week
2 5 – 19 hours a week
3 20 – 34 hours a week
4 35 – 49 hours a week
5 50 or more hours a week
6 Varies (spontaneous – not on SHOW CARD

How long have you been providing this care for (him/her/them)?
INTERVIEWER: Please code the longest period of care if caring for more than one person.

1 Less than one year
2 One year but less than 5 years
3 5 years but less than 10 years
4 10 years but less than 20 years
5 20 years or more

Has your employment been affected by the help or support you give the (person/people) that you currently care for in any of these ways? Please read out the numbers that apply from the card.
INTERVIEWER: CODE ALL THAT APPLY
INTERVIEWER: The question relates to the impact of caring on present employment. If
unsure of how to code a particular answer code as ‘other’ and write in details

1 Been unable to take up employment [RG191]
2 Worked fewer hours [RG192]
3 Reduced responsibility at work [RG193]
4 Flexible employment agreed [RG194]
5 Changed to work at home [RG195]
6 Reduced opportunities for promotion [RG196]
7 Took new job [RG197]
8 Left employment altogether [RG198]
9 Took early retirement [RG199]
10 Other (SPECIFY) [RG1910]
11 Employment not affected/never had a job [RG1911]

ASK ALL 16+ who are carers (IF RG15new=Yes) THEN

What kind of support, if any, do you personally receive as a carer to help with the care that you provide?
INTERVIEWER: CODE ALL THAT APPLY

1 Short breaks or respite e.g. day time breaks, overnight breaks or
emergency respite [RG201]
2 Advice and information [RG202]
3 Practical support (e.g. transport, equipment/adaptations) [RG203]
4 Counselling or emotional support [RG204]
5 Training and learning [RG205]
6 Advocacy services [RG206]
7 Personal assistant/ support worker/ community nurse/ home help [RG207]
8 Help from family, friends or neighbours [RG208]
9 Carer’s allowance [RG209]
10 Other (SPECIFY) [RG2010]
11 Receive no help or support [RG2011]

Client IoRN score

Must be a capital letter (A to I) (OPTIONAL)

Client receiving housing support

1 Yes
0 No

Client receiving meals on wheels

1 Yes
0 No

Client receiving frozen meals

1 Yes
0 No

Client receiving home care

1 Yes
0 No

Client receiving social worker / support worker

01 or 1 Client is known to have a social worker / support worker
02 or 2 Client is known to not have a social worker / support worker
09 or 9 Not Known whether client has a social worker / support worker

Client receiving community alarm

1 Yes
0 No

Client receiving other telecare

1 Yes
0 No

Client receiving self-directed support

1 Yes
0 No

Client’s client group

01 or 1 Dementia
02 or 2 Mental Health Problems
03 or 3 Learning Disability
04 or 4 Physical Disability
05 or 5 Addiction
06 or 6 Palliative care
07 or 7 Carer’s
08 or 8 Problems arising from infirmity due to age
98 Other vulnerable groups
99 Not Known

Client’s Home Care hours – in house -scheduled

Number
VALIDATION: any entries of 168 hours or over will flag a warning (“24/7
care and live-in support should be recorded as Housing Support and not
Home Care”)
VALIDATION: at least one-zero value must be entered in one of these cells.
VALIDATION: it is permissible to return information on scheduled hours,
actual hours or both.

Client’s Home Care hours – in house – actual

Number
VALIDATION: any entries of 168 hours or over will flag a warning (“24/7
care and live-in support should be recorded as Housing Support and not
Home Care”)
VALIDATION: at least one-zero value must be entered in one of these cells.
VALIDATION: it is permissible to return information on scheduled hours,
actual hours or both.

Client’s Home Care hours – another LA – scheduled

Number
VALIDATION: any entries of 168 hours or over will flag a warning (“24/7
care and live-in support should be recorded as Housing Support and not
Home Care”)
VALIDATION: at least one-zero value must be entered in one of these cells.
VALIDATION: it is permissible to return information on scheduled hours,
actual hours or both.