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Publication, Part of

Community Services Statistics, March 2026

Experimental statistics, Official statistics in development

Publication Date:
2 Jun 2026
Geographic Coverage:
England
Geographical Granularity:
NHS Trusts, Hospital Trusts, Local Authorities, Independent Sector Health Care Providers, Regions, Integrated Care Boards

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Community Services Statistics, March 2026

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Summary

This is a monthly report on publicly funded community services for people of all ages using data from the Community Services Data Set (CSDS) reported in England for March 2026. It has been developed to help achieve better outcomes and provide data that will be used to commission services in a way that improves health, reduces inequalities, and supports service improvement and clinical quality.

These statistics are classified as experimental and should be used with caution. Experimental statistics are new official statistics undergoing evaluation. More information about experimental statistics can be found on the UK Statistics Authority website (linked at the bottom of this page).

A provisional data file for April 2026 is now included in this publication. Please note this is intended as an early view until providers submit a refresh of their data, which will be published next month.

Key Facts

This report contains key information based on the submissions that have been made by providers to the Community Services Data Set (CSDS) collection and focuses on data relating to activity that occurred in March 2026 as follows:

For March 2026, 202 providers successfully submitted data with 198 submitting referrals data and 195 submitting care contact data.

There were 1,865,125 referrals received relating to 1,298,240 persons needing care.

Of these: 303k referrals related to 268k children and young people aged 0 to 18, 532k related to 438k adults aged 19 to 64 and 1.03m related to 589k adults aged 65 and over.

There were 9,094,260 care contacts across all submitters.

Of these: 1.69m related to children and young people age 0 to 18, 1.94m related to adults aged 19 to 64 and 5.45m related to adults aged 65 and over.

Last edited: 2 June 2026 10:43 am