Study Design: Data return
Adult Social Care Client Level Data (ASC-CLD)
Adult Social Care Client Level Data (ASC-CLD) is a DHSC project set up as an extension to a North West pilot, building on the pilot's successes of working to a standardised social care data specification and linking this data with health data to provide a more holistic view of their system. The pilot system collected and analysed client-level adult social care data from participating local authorities who provided the mandatory information specified, to support local health and care systems. The client level data specification has now been agreed in collaboration with social care data leads from 21 local authorities (LAs) who represent all regions in England and the Directions were then published in December 2020 to allow ASC CLD data submissions. Its purpose is to: 1. Monitor, at a population level, particular cohorts of service users and designing analytical models which support more effective interventions in health and adult social care. 2. Monitor service and integrated care outcomes across a pathway or care setting involving adult social care. 3. Develop, through evaluation of person-level data, more effective prevention strategies and interventions across a pathway or care setting involving adult social care. 4. Design and implement new payment models across health and adult social care. 5. Understand current and future population needs and resource utilisation for local strategic planning and commissioning purposes including for health, social care and public health needs.
Mental Capacity Act 2005, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS)
These official statistics provide findings for England from the Mental Capacity Act 2005, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) data collection. DoLS are a legal framework applying to individuals who lack the mental capacity to consent to the arrangements for their care. Where such care may amount to a "deprivation of liberty" the arrangements are independently assessed to ensure they are in the best interests of the individual concerned. The aim of this data collection is to inform users about aspects of DoLS activity, including the profile of people for whom a DoLS application was received, applications completed and their outcome, and applications not completed.
Guardianship under the Mental Health Act, 1983 (GMHA)
Data on the use of Guardianship orders under Sections 7 and 37 of the Mental Health Act 1983. Includes yearly time series since 2003-04. The data is collected directly from councils in England, also known as ‘local authorities’ in this publication. Local authorities usually assume the role of the guardian.
Deferred Payment Agreements, England
Deferred Payment Agreements England contains data taken from the Deferred Payment Agreements (DPA) return to provide information regarding the number and associated £ value of Adult Social Care Deferred Payment Agreements in England. A DPA is a loan from their local council that homeowners can use to pay for their care or nursing home. The loan value is taken against the value of their home via a legal charge so that they do not have to sell their home immediately.
Community Services Statistics (CSS)
Community Services Statistics is a monthly report on publicly funded community services for people of all ages using data from the Community Services Data Set (CSDS) reported in England for August 2023. It has been developed to help achieve better outcomes and provide data that will be used to commission services in a way that improves health, reduces inequalities, and supports service improvement and clinical quality.
Fostering in England (FIE)
This dataset covers the numbers of foster carers and foster places and placements, in both local authority (LA) and independent fostering agencies (IFA). This includes data relating to types of foster care, registrations, de-registrations, and various other subjects.
Adult Social Care Workforce Survey (ASCWS)
The Workforce Survey was a voluntary survey completed by CQC-registered care homes and domiciliary care providers via the Capacity Tracker. It ran for a month from 13th September to 14th October, 2021, and aimed to gain insight into the scale of workforce challenges and specific areas of concern.
Skills for Care: Adult Social Care Workforce Data Set (ASC-WDS)
Skills for Care's Adult Social Care Workforce Data Set (ASC-WDS) is recognised as the leading source of high quality data and workforce intelligence for adult social care in the UK. The ASC-WDS collects information online about providers offering a social care service and their employees. Social care providers register and then maintain information on the ASC-WDS website. Repots and visualisations cover topics such as recruitment and retention, sickness, pay rates, qualifications and demographics.
National Pupil Database (NPD)
The National Pupil Database collects data on children and young people aged 2-21 in state funded education and higher education. Data are matched using pupil names, dates of birth and other personal and school characteristics, including special educational needs, disability, and indicators for free school meals, a child in care, and families in the armed forces. Schools use Management Information Systems to collect and analyse pupil-level information at local level. Data from these systems are used to complete the termly school census returns provided to Local Authorities (regional) or directly to the Department for Education (national) three times a year. The database is used to assess school funding and performance and supports policy making as well as further research.