Asked by: Liz Kendall (Labour - Leicester West)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February to Question 135222, what the average length of service was for those carers who left the adult social care sector.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
We do not hold data on what the average length of service was for the carers identified in Question 135222.
Asked by: Liz Kendall (Labour - Leicester West)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the white paper entitled People at the Heart of Care, published on 1 December 2021, whether it is still his policy to invest £500 million to improve the training and qualifications of the social care workforce.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
We are progressing the proposals in the People at the Heart of Care white paper on workforce training and development. In spring 2023, the Government will publish a plan for adult social care system reform. This will set out how we will build on the progress so far to implement the vision for adult social care set out in the People at the Heart of Care white paper.
Asked by: Liz Kendall (Labour - Leicester West)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the unit cost per day for an NHS bed is.
Answered by Will Quince
The following table shows the average cost of activity (days) in the National Health Service. This includes elective and non-elective activity and all types of beds, such as high dependency and standard ward beds.
Financial Year | Count of Activity (Days) | Cost | Average/Day |
20/21 | 24,378,064 | £25,160,402,689.92 | £1,032.09 |
The cost per bed day includes diagnosis and treatment costs so will vary depending on the case-mix of activity in any one year. Analysis from 2020/21 shows the cost per day to maintain a patient in an acute clinical setting excluding diagnosis and treatment costs is £344.60.
Asked by: Liz Kendall (Labour - Leicester West)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February to Question 135225, how many and what proportion of care workers were agency residential care workers in each of the last 13 years.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
According to Skills for Care, 8% of all filled posts in the care sector were bank, pool, or agency in 2021/22. 7% of all filled posts in residential care and 7% in domiciliary care were bank, pool, or agency in 2021/22. In the absence of more complete data on the number or cost of agency staff in previous years, we are unable to make a robust estimate on the annual spend on agency care workers in the last 13 years.
Asked by: Liz Kendall (Labour - Leicester West)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February to Question 135225, how many and what proportion of care workers were agency domiciliary care workers in each of the last 13 years.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
According to Skills for Care, 8% of all filled posts in the care sector were bank, pool, or agency in 2021/22. 7% of all filled posts in residential care and 7% in domiciliary care were bank, pool, or agency in 2021/22. In the absence of more complete data on the number or cost of agency staff in previous years, we are unable to make a robust estimate on the annual spend on agency care workers in the last 13 years.
Asked by: Liz Kendall (Labour - Leicester West)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February to Question 135225, how many of the total number of staff employed were agency care workers in each of the last 13 years.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
According to Skills for Care, 8% of all filled posts in the care sector were bank, pool, or agency in 2021/22. 7% of all filled posts in residential care and 7% in domiciliary care were bank, pool, or agency in 2021/22. In the absence of more complete data on the number or cost of agency staff in previous years, we are unable to make a robust estimate on the annual spend on agency care workers in the last 13 years.
Asked by: Liz Kendall (Labour - Leicester West)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February to Question 135225, if he will make an estimate of the annual spend of social care providers on agency care workers in each of the last 13 years.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
According to Skills for Care, 8% of all filled posts in the care sector were bank, pool, or agency in 2021/22. 7% of all filled posts in residential care and 7% in domiciliary care were bank, pool, or agency in 2021/22. In the absence of more complete data on the number or cost of agency staff in previous years, we are unable to make a robust estimate on the annual spend on agency care workers in the last 13 years.
Asked by: Liz Kendall (Labour - Leicester West)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of residential care homes were rated as good in (a) January 2023 and (b) each of the last 13 years.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Care Quality Commission began rating care homes in 2016 and began splitting the ratings of nursing homes and residential homes in 2018.
The following table shows the number and proportion of all care homes rated outstanding, good, requires improvement, and inadequate for the years 2016 and 2017. The data provided includes published ratings only.
Year | Outstanding | Good | Requires Improvement | Inadequate | Total |
2017 | 148 (1.0%) | 10,631 (73.3%) | 3,400 (23.5%) | 312 (2.2%) | 14,491 (100.0%) |
2016 | 37 (0.4%) | 5,032 (62.3%) | 2,727 (33.8%) | 285 (3.5%) | 8,081 (100.0%) |
The following table shows the number and proportion of residential care homes rated outstanding, good, requires improvement, and inadequate across the years of 2018 to 2023. The data provided includes published ratings only.
Year | Outstanding | Good | Requires Improvement | Inadequate | Total |
2023 | 408 (3.9%) | 8,137 (78.6%) | 1,637 (15.8%) | 180 (1.7%) | 10,362 (100.0%) |
2022 | 420 (4.0%) | 8,376 (80.0%) | 1,512 (14.4%) | 171 (1.6%) | 10,479 (100.0%) |
2021 | 426 (4.0%) | 8,618 (80.8%) | 1,490 (14.0%) | 133 (1.2%) | 10,667 (100.0%) |
2020 | 394 (3.6%) | 8,787 (81.1%) | 1,525 (14.2%) | 124 (1.1%) | 10,830 (100.0%) |
2019 | 309 (2.8%) | 8,836 (81.6%) | 1,539 (14.3%) | 137 (1.3%) | 10,821 (100.0%) |
2018 | 209 (1.9%) | 8,736 (80.5%) | 1,746 (16.1%) | 166 (1.5%) | 10,857 (100.0%) |
Asked by: Liz Kendall (Labour - Leicester West)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of residential care homes were rated as requires improvement in (a) January 2023 and (b) each of the last 13 years.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Care Quality Commission began rating care homes in 2016 and began splitting the ratings of nursing homes and residential homes in 2018.
The following table shows the number and proportion of all care homes rated outstanding, good, requires improvement, and inadequate for the years 2016 and 2017. The data provided includes published ratings only.
Year | Outstanding | Good | Requires Improvement | Inadequate | Total |
2017 | 148 (1.0%) | 10,631 (73.3%) | 3,400 (23.5%) | 312 (2.2%) | 14,491 (100.0%) |
2016 | 37 (0.4%) | 5,032 (62.3%) | 2,727 (33.8%) | 285 (3.5%) | 8,081 (100.0%) |
The following table shows the number and proportion of residential care homes rated outstanding, good, requires improvement, and inadequate across the years of 2018 to 2023. The data provided includes published ratings only.
Year | Outstanding | Good | Requires Improvement | Inadequate | Total |
2023 | 408 (3.9%) | 8,137 (78.6%) | 1,637 (15.8%) | 180 (1.7%) | 10,362 (100.0%) |
2022 | 420 (4.0%) | 8,376 (80.0%) | 1,512 (14.4%) | 171 (1.6%) | 10,479 (100.0%) |
2021 | 426 (4.0%) | 8,618 (80.8%) | 1,490 (14.0%) | 133 (1.2%) | 10,667 (100.0%) |
2020 | 394 (3.6%) | 8,787 (81.1%) | 1,525 (14.2%) | 124 (1.1%) | 10,830 (100.0%) |
2019 | 309 (2.8%) | 8,836 (81.6%) | 1,539 (14.3%) | 137 (1.3%) | 10,821 (100.0%) |
2018 | 209 (1.9%) | 8,736 (80.5%) | 1,746 (16.1%) | 166 (1.5%) | 10,857 (100.0%) |
Asked by: Liz Kendall (Labour - Leicester West)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of residential care homes were rated as inadequate in (a) January 2023 and (b) in each of the last 13 years.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Care Quality Commission began rating care homes in 2016 and began splitting the ratings of nursing homes and residential homes in 2018.
The following table shows the number and proportion of all care homes rated outstanding, good, requires improvement, and inadequate for the years 2016 and 2017. The data provided includes published ratings only.
Year | Outstanding | Good | Requires Improvement | Inadequate | Total |
2017 | 148 (1.0%) | 10,631 (73.3%) | 3,400 (23.5%) | 312 (2.2%) | 14,491 (100.0%) |
2016 | 37 (0.4%) | 5,032 (62.3%) | 2,727 (33.8%) | 285 (3.5%) | 8,081 (100.0%) |
The following table shows the number and proportion of residential care homes rated outstanding, good, requires improvement, and inadequate across the years of 2018 to 2023. The data provided includes published ratings only.
Year | Outstanding | Good | Requires Improvement | Inadequate | Total |
2023 | 408 (3.9%) | 8,137 (78.6%) | 1,637 (15.8%) | 180 (1.7%) | 10,362 (100.0%) |
2022 | 420 (4.0%) | 8,376 (80.0%) | 1,512 (14.4%) | 171 (1.6%) | 10,479 (100.0%) |
2021 | 426 (4.0%) | 8,618 (80.8%) | 1,490 (14.0%) | 133 (1.2%) | 10,667 (100.0%) |
2020 | 394 (3.6%) | 8,787 (81.1%) | 1,525 (14.2%) | 124 (1.1%) | 10,830 (100.0%) |
2019 | 309 (2.8%) | 8,836 (81.6%) | 1,539 (14.3%) | 137 (1.3%) | 10,821 (100.0%) |
2018 | 209 (1.9%) | 8,736 (80.5%) | 1,746 (16.1%) | 166 (1.5%) | 10,857 (100.0%) |