D2 Personal We propose that this The responses showed that there were mixed This year we will produce a more concise Social publication will cease. This is views on the continued provision of this publication. Going forwards we will explore a Services: due to limitations of the publication / dataset. Whilst the need for a range of options for the continuation of this Staff of Social current data, in that it only focused output that covers the council-based publication in some form. This may be Services covers staff employed adult social care workforce exists, change is achieved by: the inclusion of deeper analysis Departments, (directly and indirectly) by required as the scope of this collection in its of the council-based workforce within Skills England adult social services current form doesn’t appear to cover the needs of for Care outputs (to cover the data released departments in England. all users. previously by NHS Digital); through a streamlined provision of existing data flows (essentially no change); via the creation of a more focused data collection on this subject by NHS Digital; or by exploring whether this particular requirement could fit as part of the
D2 Personal Social Services: Staff of Social Services Departments, England We propose that this publication will cease. This is due to limitations of the current data, in that it only covers staff employed (directly and indirectly) by adult social services departments in England. The responses showed that there were mixed views on the continued provision of this publication / dataset. Whilst the need for a focused output that covers the council-based adult social care workforce exists, change is required as the scope of this collection in its current form doesn’t appear to cover the needs of all users. This year we will produce a more concise publication. Going forwards we will explore a range of options for the continuation of this publication in some form. This may be achieved by: the inclusion of deeper analysis of the council-based workforce within Skills for Care outputs (to cover the data released previously by NHS Digital); through a streamlined provision of existing data flows (essentially no change); via the creation of a more focused data collection on this subject by NHS Digital; or by exploring whether this particular requirement could fit as part of the
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