State of the Nation Report
Each year we publish our State of the Nation report, a data collaboration project that spotlights the emerging themes in social care advice provision.
The report is based on data from a group of helpline organisations, which is larger than ever this year. Royal Mencap Society, Age UK, Carers UK, Independent Age, RNIB, Ealing Advice Service, Citizens Advice Bureau and Scope have all shared their data with us here at Access Social Care, allowing us to produce a comprehensive assessment of the complex issues facing our sector.
The State of the Nation 2023 is here!
State of the Nation Webinar: Uniting Social Care Advice Data
On October 19th 2023 we hosted a free webinar exploring the incredible power of data and sharing the findings of our 2023 State of the Nation report. Access Social Care staff – including our Founder and CEO Kari Gerstheimer – discussed what we discovered in the making of this year’s report. We were also thrilled to welcome Rosario Piazza, Chief Insight Architect at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, to discuss the power of data and where it could take us.
Previous Reports
We commissioned our first State of the Nation report in May 2021 to examine the extent to which social care advice, demand and provision has changed due to the Covid-19 health crisis as well as ongoing chronic under funding in the social care sector.
Since then we have produced a quarterly updates and a full report which was published in June 2022. You can read all the reports by clicking on the links below.
Want to learn more about the themes we spotlight in our State of the Nation reports? Our podcast invites experts, leaders and change-makers to discuss the highs and lows in the adult social care system, including episodes about the social care workforce crisis, legal aid and community care, inequalities in health and social care, chatbot technology, and more.
Click the button below to listen to the episodes via our website, or search for “State of Our Nation” on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.
State of Our Nation Podcast
Our first report was picked up by over 20 media outlets
We were astonished to see how quickly this story was picked up in the national media with over 20 newspapers and magazines covering the story.
Our CEO Kari Gerstheimer talked about the issues raised in the report in several radio interviews click here to listen.
Our second State of the Nation report was published in June 2022. This report explores the changing face of social care advice provision and highlight significant increases in the amount of people needing support.
Click the button below to see the media coverage for this report.
State of the Nation in the News…
For the full list of media outlets and links to their content please click here.
“It's really sad that the pandemic has taken such a toll on the mobility, confidence and capacity of millions of older people to live independently without extra support.” -Caroline Abrahams, Age UK
“The coronavirus pandemic has significantly increased older people’s social care needs, with about one in four finding it harder to carry out everyday activities, a survey suggests.”
“Some 23% of people aged 60 and over questioned for Age UK said their ability to carry out everyday activities has worsened since the first lockdown.”