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The Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework (ASCOF) has been published annually since 2010-11, and draws on data from a number of collections. The ASCOF Handbook of Definitions, published by the Department of Health, provides in-depth information on the purpose of the framework, the construction of the...
This publication of the SHMI relates to discharges in the reporting period April 2013 to March 2014.
To monitor care for the elderly.
This publication of the SHMI relates to discharges in the reporting period January 2013 to December 2013.
On 31 March 2011, Transparency in outcomes: a framework for adult social care announced the first Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework (ASCOF), covering the year 2011-12. On 30 March 2012, the ASCOF for 2012-13 was published by the Department of Health. The purpose of the ASCOF is three-fold:
To help reduce levels of sickness and ill health and promote healthy lifestyles.
To reduce prevalence of smoking.
To help reduce the prevalence of obesity.
To reduce deaths from circulatory diseases.
This publication of the SHMI relates to discharges in the reporting period October 2012 to September 2013.