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Gross current expenditure on short term care per adult aged 18 and over (11527) Metric type
- Help text
- This is gross current expenditure on short term adult social care, per adult resident aged 18 and over. It does not include spending funded by the NHS so understates the total spending on adult social care in the local authority. Spending per person can vary for a wide range of reasons across authorities, and these reasons cannot be understood without detailed knowledge of the context in which these authorities operate. Higher or lower than average spend per person in an authority may be necessary, appropriate or desirable in light of these local conditions. It is important to note that the polarity of this metric is neutral - polarity tells you if a low value is good or a high value is good. This cannot be applied when looking at spending on adult social care as this can vary for a wide range of reasons.
Any comparison using this data from 2020/21 and 2021/22 must take into account the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on both activity numbers and spending. The differing scale of cases around the country, when the impacts occurred, and financial support provided will also affect any comparison between authorities. This makes any form of comparative analysis much more complicated and potentially misleading.
- Modified
- 19 Jan 2024
- Data last updated
- 18 Dec 2023
- Short label
- Spend on short term care per person, aged 18+
- Status
- Live
- Output precision
- 2
- Polarity
- not applicable
- Measure
- £ per person aged 18+
- Dataset
- Reference tables: Gross Current Expenditure on long and short term care, by care type and age band
- Source
- NHS Digital
- is found in the following lists
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