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New figures from NHS Digital show that LAs received 1.8m new requests for adult social care support in 2017-18 - equivalent to 5,100 new requests per day. These requests were received from 1.3m people; those aged 65 and over accounted for 71.6% of the requests. Similar to previous years, 77.1% of the requests originated from the community and 20.1% originated from a discharge from hospital. Adult Social Care Activity and Finance, England 2017-18 is an annual report that provides information on the gross current expenditure of councils on adult social care as well as information on long term care activity, short term activity to maximise independence, and support provided to carers. |
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