Institute for Government

Change in people accessing long-term support since 2014/15, by age band

Source: Institute for Government analysis of NHS Digital, ‘Adult Social Care Activity’, 2020/21 and ONS, ‘Mid-year population estimates’, 2021, supported by CIPFA. Notes: 2014/15 was the first year in which NHS Digital published this information. This refers to people accessing care during the year and is weighted by the number of people in each age band. Get the data Embed