Chapter 4: The State of Health Care and Adult Social Care in England 2015/16, CQC 13 October 2016 (p41-49)
- An outline of the population changes and expected challenges across health and social care organisations.
- Key pints Ÿ
- From 2001 to 2014, the number of people aged 85 and over rose by 33%. Ÿ
- Since April 2015, the growth in nursing home beds at a national level has stopped. Ÿ
- In 2015/16, the total number of days each month where patients have been delayed leaving acute hospitals rose to almost 170,000, the highest since at least 2013. Ÿ
- Acute trusts that were rated good or outstanding were more likely to be better at balancing their budgets than those rated inadequate. Ÿ
- The number of full-time equivalent GPs has declined since 2010, both in absolute terms and per head of population.
