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Adult social care provider statistics, England: background quality and methodology

How the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) puts together the statistics in its quarterly reports.

Applies to England

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DHSC publishes adult social care provider statistics on a quarterly basis. This document sets out information on the context, sources, quality and coverage of the data included in these reports.

This document will be updated regularly as further information is added to these reports.

Updates to this page

Published 15 January 2026
Last updated 3 September 2026 Show all updates
  1. Removed link to the Government Statistical Service's UK adult social care statistics page, which is no longer available. A revised page is being developed and planned to be released later this year or early next year.

  2. Updated to reflect the removal of 2025 to 2026 flu vaccination statistics.

  3. Updated to reflect an extended and revised data series for the care home occupancy statistics.

  4. First published.

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