Adult Social Care Data

 Adult social care dataset will be used for these purposes:

• monitoring, at a population level, particular cohorts of service users and designing analytical models which support more effective interventions in health and adult social care 

• monitoring service and integrated care outcomes across a pathway or care setting involving adult social care

• developing, through evaluation of person-level data, more effective prevention strategies and interventions across a pathway or care setting involving adult social care 

• designing and implementing new payment models across health and adult social care 

• understanding current and future population needs and resource utilisation for local strategic planning and commissioning purposes including for health, social care and public health needs

Direction  

Find out about the direction.

Direction

Legal basis for the collection of the data  

The Health and Social Care Act 2012 (HSCA 2012) section 254. 

Data Provision Notice  

Adult Social Care Data  - NHS Digital  

Legal basis for the provision of data

The Health and Social Care Act 2012 (HSCA 2012) section 259. 

Legal basis for processing the data 

The UK GDPR Article 6 lawful basis for the processing of the personal data within this collection falls under: 

• Article 6(1)(e) processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller. 

The UK GDPR Article 9 condition for processing special categories of personal data within the collection falls under: 

• Article 9 2 (h) processing is necessary for the provision of health care or treatment, and for the management of health care systems or services. 

Transparency notice

Read the Transparency Notice. 

Lag time from collection to dissemination  

Information to follow.

Frequency  

The ASC live collections timetable provides further details of when data collections will take place. Please note that this timetable is a live document and is frequently edited to reflect changes to the ASC collection schedule; users are advised to check this regularly for updates by visiting the ASC homepage and selecting the relevant data year. 

Statistics collections timetable (england.nhs.uk)

Commissioning extracts specification

To be confirmed. 

Suppression rules

To be confirmed.