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Monthly statistics for adult social care (England)

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

From:: Department of Health and Social Care
Published: 10 June 2021
Last updated: 6 ~~February~~March 2025 — See all updates

DSCR delay update

~~The~~Due ~~delayed~~to ongoing quality assurance of the data, the January 2025 release of digital social care record (DSCR) uptake statistics ~~are~~was delayed. These statistics were partially presented in the February 2025 ~~publication.~~report.

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~~However,~~ ~~due~~ to ~~ongoing~~ ~~quality~~ ~~assurance~~ of ~~the~~ ~~data,~~ ~~the~~ new national-level statistics on estimates of the proportion of adult social care provider locations in England that are in the process of implementing a DSCR ~~has~~ ~~been~~ ~~delayed.~~ We ~~intend~~ to ~~publish~~ ~~this~~ in a ~~future~~ ~~release~~ ~~and~~ ~~will~~ ~~aim~~ ~~for~~ ~~the~~ ~~March~~ ~~2025~~ ~~publication.~~.

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

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

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

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

Published 10 June 2021
Last updated 6 ~~February~~March 2025 + show all updates

6 March 2025
Added 'Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: March 2025' to the collection page; updated 'DSCR delay update' box to explain that the remaining delayed statistics are presented in the March 2025 report.

6 February 2025
Added 'Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: February 2025'.
4 February 2025
Updated the announcement about the delay to the digital social care record data release.
16 January 2025
Added 'Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: January 2025'.
13 January 2025
Updated to announce a delay in the digital social care record data release.
5 December 2024
Added 'Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: December 2024'.
7 November 2024
Added 'Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: November 2024'.
3 October 2024
Added 'Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: October 2024'.
5 September 2024
Added 'Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: September 2024'.
1 August 2024
Added 'Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: August 2024'.
11 July 2024
Added: 'Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: July 2024'.
6 June 2024
Added: 'Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: June 2024'.
2 May 2024
Added 'Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: May 2024'.
4 April 2024
Added 'Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: April 2024'.
7 March 2024
Added 'Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: March 2024'.
1 February 2024
Added 'Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: February 2024'.
11 January 2024
Added 'Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: January 2024'.
7 December 2023
Added 'Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: December 2023'.
2 November 2023
Added 'Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: November 2023'.
5 October 2023
Added 'Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: October 2023'.
7 September 2023
Added 'Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: September 2023'.
3 August 2023
Added 'Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: August 2023'.
6 July 2023
Added 'Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: July 2023'.
1 June 2023
Added 'Adult social care in England, monthly statistics: June 2023'.
4 May 2023
Added link to: Adult social care monthly statistics, England: May 2023. Also added to feedback paragraph to encourage user feedback.
6 April 2023
Added latest report.
2 March 2023
Added latest report. Also updated to reflect this publication’s 'official statistics' badging.
2 February 2023
Added latest report.
12 January 2023
Added latest report.
1 December 2022
Added latest report.
3 November 2022
Added latest report.
6 October 2022
Added latest report.
1 September 2022
Added latest report and new methodology document.
11 August 2022
Added latest report.
14 July 2022
Added latest report.
9 June 2022
Added latest report.
12 May 2022
Added latest report - for May 2022.
14 April 2022
Added latest report.
10 March 2022
Added latest report.
10 February 2022
Added latest report.
13 January 2022
Added 'Adult social care monthly statistics, England: January 2022' to latest reports.
17 December 2021
Added 'Adult social care workforce survey: December 2021' to 'Latest reports'.
9 December 2021
Added latest report.
11 November 2021
Updated to reflect that the monthly bulletin now includes data on booster doses of COVID-19 vaccinations and flu vaccinations.
11 November 2021
Added latest report.
13 October 2021
Added latest report.
10 June 2021
First published.

Contents

Monthly statistics for adult social care (England)

DSCR delay update

Latest report

Supporting information

Previous reports

Updates to this page

Update history