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Social care collection materials 2023

Find information and available downloads for adult social care collection materials for the 2022-23 reporting year, including the beta ASC Data Dictionary, Short and Long Term Support (SALT), Adult Social Care Finance Return (ASC-FR) and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS).

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Revisions policy

This revisions policy relates to the adult social care statistics collected and published by NHS England described on this page:

  • there are no routinely planned revisions to the statistics once published (this can occur for some statistics when they are originally published as ‘provisional’ and then updated to ‘final’ – this is not the case for adult social care statistics)
  • unscheduled revisions may take place where an error has been found in NHS England’s statistical publication process. Processes are automated where possible and continually reviewed, checked and documented to minimise risk of error. Where an unscheduled revision has occurred we will ensure this is flagged and explained to users in a transparent way
  • revisions to the data provided to NHS England by local authorities is only permitted during the data collection ‘refresh submission period’ (a period of time after the mandated submission deadline and before publication, where data providers have access to a data quality validation report from NHS England). Once the deadline for the refresh window has passed no further changes can be made

Letters to social services

ASC Data Dictionary

The Adult Social Care collections Data Dictionary replaces the Equalities and Classifications Framework (EQ-CL) and is intended for use alongside the detailed guidance documents for the Adult Social Care collections. The Data Dictionary is experimental (beta) and we welcome all feedback.

Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) Return, under the Mental Capacity Act 2005

Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) return data template 2022 - 2023

xlsx 5 MB

Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) validation tool 2022 - 2023

xlsm 166 KB

Short and Long Term Support (SALT)

SALT 2022-2023 guidance

This document gives the specification for the Short and Long Term Return (SALT).
 

SSDA902 guidance 2022-23

This document gives the specification for the Registers of People who are Blind or Partially Sighted Data Collection, which forms part of the 2022-23 SALT data return.

 

SALT 2022-2023 data return

This is an example of what the proforma looks like this year and is subject to change, therefore it should not be used for submission. The final proforma for completion and submission can be downloaded from SDCS when the 2022-2023 collection window opens.
 

SALT sources for ASCOF 2022-2023

A number of the measures within ASCOF draw on data from the Short and Long Term (SALT) data collection; this document describes the cells in the SALT data return that provide the data for those measures.
 

SALT frequently asked questions 2022-2023 searchable index

The SALT FAQs document was updated in March 2023.

 

SALT webinar slides 2022-2023

The slides provide a brief overview of the collection process.
 

Client-Level Data collection

The government is transforming adult social care data so that we can deliver better, joined-up care to people who draw on care and support. You can learn more about this in Care data matters: a roadmap for better data for adult social care.

As part of this, from April 2023 the government is introducing a national mandatory person-level data collection – the Client-Level Data collection (CLD). CLD will replace the existing annual Short and Long Term (SALT) Support data collected by local authorities. CLD will be added to the single data list and will be mandatory for all local authorities from April 2023.

View the specification, guidance and further information on CLD.

View the Transparency Notice that NHS England has issued. 

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) have provided funding to support local authorities with the set-up of client level data in financial year 2022/23 (details can be found here: Adult personal social services: specific revenue funding and grant allocations - 2022 to 2023 - GOV.UK).

To provide continuity of published statistics about local authority adult social care services, and support improvement to the new CLD collection, DHSC expects local authorities to continue both CLD and SALT data returns in 2023 to 2024. DHSC will confirm funding to support this shortly.

Adult Social Care Finance Return (ASC-FR)

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Adult Social Care Finance Return (ASC-FR) - April 2023 presentation

Important 2022-23 submission dates plus advice on resolving common data quality issues.

ASC-FR proforma 2022 - 2023

This is an example of what the proforma looks like this year and is subject to change, therefore it should not be used for submission. The final proforma for completion and submission can be downloaded from SDCS when the 2022-2023 collection window opens.

Deferred Payments Agreements (DPA)

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Deferred Payment Agreements (DPA) collection slides April 2023

Important 2022-23 submission dates plus advice on resolving common data quality issues for the Deferred Payments Agreement (DPA) Collection return for 2022-23.

DPA data return 2022 - 2023

This is an example of what the proforma looks like this year and is subject to change, therefore it should not be used for submission. The final proforma for completion and submission can be downloaded from SDCS when the 2022-2024 collection window opens.

Safeguarding Adults Collection (SAC)

SAC guidance 2022 - 2023

pdf 424 KB

SAC proforma 2022 - 2023

xlsx 236 KB

Social care user surveys

Further information

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Social care collection materials 2022

Social care collection materials for the 2021-22 reporting year.

Last edited: 22 April 2024 11:36 am