State of Care 2021/22

Published October 21, 2022

Published: 21 October 2022

The state of health care and adult social care in England 2021/22

State of Care is our annual assessment of health care and social care in England.

The report looks at the trends, shares examples of good and outstanding care, and highlights where care needs to improve.

State of Care is our annual assessment of health care and social care in England.

The report looks at the trends, shares examples of good and outstanding care, and highlights where care needs to improve.

Foreword

Ian Trenholm, Chief Executive, and Ian Dilks OBE, Chair, introduce this year’s report.

Summary

Our summary of this year’s report.

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Gridlocked care

• Introduction of integrated care systems
• The urgent care system
• Our urgent and emergency care reviews

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Access to care

• Waiting for care
• Accessing primary care
• Capacity and stability in adult social care

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Inequalities in care

• Deprivation
• Disability
• Ethnicity
• Accessible health and social care
• The importance of data

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Areas of specific concern

• Overall ratings
• Maternity care
• People with a learning disability and autistic people
• Children and young people’s mental health
• Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
• Other concerns
• Medicines safety – the role of pharmacy professionals

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Workforce

• Staff shortages
• Impact on care
• Impact on staff
• Tackling workforce issues
• Developing the workforce

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Systems: challenges and opportunities

• Integrated care systems and CQC’s role
• Challenges for systems
• Keeping people well

https://www.cqc.org.uk/publication/state-care-202122