Adult social care priorities for local authorities
Sets out national priority outcomes, expectations and notional allocations for local authorities that deliver adult social care services.
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Linked documents
- Policy Paper Adult social care priorities for local authorities: 2026 to 2027
- Other Annex A - list of priority outcomes and expectations for local authorities: 2026 to 2027
- Other Annex B - methodology for calculating local authority notional funding allocations for adult social care and associated figures
- Other Annex C - metrics and data for 2026 to 2027
▤ Verbatim text from source document
The government has 3 objectives for adult social care. These are to:
- radically improve the quality of care and support
- enable people to have more choice and control over their care and support
- strengthen the join-up between health and social care services
This publication:
- sets out the government’s expectations for local authorities, from the 2026 to 2027 financial year onwards, to achieve these objectives and pave the way towards creating a national care service
- outlines the methodology that the Department of Health and Social Care has used to calculate new adult social care notional allocations for all local authorities over the next 3 years to support their budget-setting, and the associated figures for each local authority
- explains how the Department of Health and Social Care will draw on data and engagement with local authorities to understand how local progress is being made towards these expectations