Tools and resources from across the sector to support a greater understanding of care and health information
DHSC quarterly statistics for adult social care
Official statistics on a range of topics including infection control measures in adult social care settings, and the latest updates from the Client Level Data Collection (CLD).
Adult social care priorities for local authorities
The Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) has set out three priority outcomes, with clear expectations for local authorities to deliver over the coming year, to underpin this government’s three objectives:
- people who draw on care and support, and their carers, experience high-quality adult social care provided by a skilled workforce
- people who draw on care and support are supported to promote their independence, where possible, and have choice and control over their support
- people who draw on care and support experience joined-up health and social care services at a neighbourhood level.
DHSC will draw on data and engagement with local authorities to understand how local progress is being made towards these expectations
CQC Metrics for local authority assessment framework
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have developed a framework to assess how well local authorities are performing against their duties under Part 1 of the Care Act 2014. To inform the assessment CQC inspectors review a number of published metrics prior to an onsite assessment.
NHS Adult Social Care Data Hub
This provides a single entry point for adult social care data. Here you can access official statistics, dashboards, metadata, data collection information, financial information and guidance documentation.
Workforce intelligence
Skills for Care is the leading source of workforce intelligence for adult social care in England. Their reports and data visualisations help with workforce planning and decision making in the adult social care sector.
Health Index for England
The ONS’ Health Index provides a systematic, independent view of health in England. It enables users to compare health over time and across geographies. It provides a picture of health in its broadest sense recognising the importance of health outcomes, risk factors and the social, economic and environmental drivers to support health to improve now and for the longer term.
Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) profiles
OHID provides a single point of access to a comprehensive range of data and analysis tools across a range of health and wellbeing topics. This was previously known as the data and knowledge gateway.
Autism Waiting Times Dashboard
This interactive dashboard allows users to explore data on suspected autism referrals within the Mental Health Services Dataset. It presents data from April 2019 onwards. It can be accessed via the latest publication web page: Autism Statistics, January 2025 to December 2025 - NHS England Digital or directly from this link: Microsoft Power BI.
Health and Care of People with Learning Disabilities Interactive Dashboard
This dashboard contains information on people with a learning disability and those without, to identify potential differences in treatment, health status and outcomes. It can be used to compare prevalence of health conditions and diseases for people with learning disabilities and the general population. This can be accessed via the latest publication web page: Health and Care of People with Learning Disabilities, Experimental Statistics 2024 to 2025 - NHS England Digital or directly from Microsoft Power BI.