CQC have published The State of Adult Social Care 214-17
Perhaps the important headlines are:-
- Four out of five adult social care services in England were rated as good or outstanding overall.
- Nearly a fifth of services were rated as requires improvement.
- 343 [2%] locations are still rated as inadequate
- There are differences between regions with the East of England showing almost 10% more locations rated good or outstanding than the North West.
- Of the five key question safe and well-led have the poorest ratings
- Caring was the best rated key question 92% good and 3% outstanding.
- Community social care services [such as supported living and Shared lives] were rated the best overall,.
- Nursing homes remain the biggest concern.
- Generally smaller services that are designed to care for fewer people were rated better than larger services.