Collection of client level adult social care data Direction 2017

Directions given by the Secretary of State for Health requiring NHS Digital to establish and operate a system for the collection and analysis of client level adult social care data from certain local authorities to support local health and care systems by providing a holistic view of how services are used.

Purpose

To assist Local Government and Clinical Commissioning Groups in fulfilling their statutory functions. For example, functions of local authorities under Part 1 of the Care Act 2014, such as:

monitoring at population level, particular cohorts of service users and designing analytical models which support more effective interventions in health and adult social care.
understanding current and future population needs and resources and resource utilisation for local strategic planning purposes.

Legal basis

Sections 254(1) and (6), 260(2)(d), 261(3), 274(2) and 304(9), (10) and (12) of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 and Regulation 32 of the National Institute for Health and Social Care Excellence (Constitution and Functions) and the Health and Social Care Information Centre (Functions) Regulations 2013.

This Direction came into force 19 September 2017.

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Collection of client level adult social care data Direction

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Social care

We work with social care data, including social services and safeguarding data, to produce data sets that are used to monitor spending and quality of care and plan and provide services.

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