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This is the 2020/21 edition of State of Care
The care that people receive in England is mostly of good quality. As at 31 July 2021:
- 80% of adult social care services were rated as good and 5% as outstanding
- 90% of GP practices were rated as good and 5% as outstanding
- 67% of NHS acute core services were rated as good and 8% as outstanding
- 68% of all mental health core services (NHS and independent) were rated as good and 10% as outstanding.
Adult social care
Primary care
Mental health care
Acute hospitals, ambulance services, community health care
Contents
People's experiences of care
- Impact of the pandemic
- Health inequalities further exposed
- Increased challenges for people with a learning disability
- Rising demand for mental health care
- Children’s and young people’s mental health
- Increased strain on carers
- Workforce stress and burnout
Flexibility to respond to the pandemic
- Critical care expansion
- NHS acute capacity
- Ambulance handovers
- Discharging patients
- Infection prevention and control
- The central role of adult social care
- Adult social care fragility
- Access to GP care
- Access to dental care
Ongoing quality concerns
Challenges for systems