Published: 24 October 2025 Page last updated: 9 September 2026 Categories Public State of Care 2025/26 – coming this autumn Sign up to be sent an alert when the new State of Care is published, as well as occasional updates about related work. Email address State of Care is our annual assessment of health care and social care in England.The report looks at the trends, shares examples of good and outstanding care, and highlights where care needs to improve.Read State of Care 2024/25The state of health care and adult social care in England 2024/25HTMLPrevious State of Care reportsState of Care 2023/24State of Care 2022/23State of Care 2021/22State of Care 2020/21State of Care 2019/20Older editions of State of Care (National Archives) Related information Press release: CQC warns lack of investment in community services threatens shift towards care outside hospital – and risks ‘erosion’ of care quality