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 "title": "Adult social care: care home residents and people receiving home care, England",
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 "summary": "People living in care homes for younger and older adults and people receiving home care from CQC-regulated providers in England, in one week of each month since May 2025, with care home occupancy and the share of providers that gave a recent return, from DHSC's quarterly adult social care provider statistics.",
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  "Residents of care homes for younger and older adults, and people receiving domiciliary (home) care from providers registered with the Care Quality Commission, in England in the week ending on each date DHSC gives, as providers report them.",
  "The counts rest on providers' returns, so they move with the share of providers that gave a recent return: DHSC gives that share for each week, which the table and the CSV show beside each count. Care home occupancy is DHSC's share of all care home beds that were occupied in the same week."
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    "2026-05-14": 93.0,
    "2026-06-15": 93.7,
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    "2025-06-16": 83.6,
    "2025-07-14": 82.2,
    "2025-08-14": 82.5,
    "2025-09-15": 81.8,
    "2025-10-14": 81.0,
    "2025-11-14": 84.4,
    "2025-12-15": 84.2,
    "2026-01-14": 85.5,
    "2026-02-16": 84.9,
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    "2026-04-14": 84.3,
    "2026-05-14": 83.7,
    "2026-06-15": 83.6,
    "2026-07-14": 83.0,
    "2026-08-14": 81.2
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    "2025-05-14": "91.4% of care homes had given a recent return",
    "2025-06-16": "92.6% of care homes had given a recent return",
    "2025-07-14": "91.6% of care homes had given a recent return",
    "2025-08-14": "92.1% of care homes had given a recent return",
    "2025-09-15": "91.9% of care homes had given a recent return",
    "2025-10-14": "92.3% of care homes had given a recent return",
    "2025-11-14": "94% of care homes had given a recent return",
    "2025-12-15": "94.1% of care homes had given a recent return",
    "2026-01-14": "95.6% of care homes had given a recent return",
    "2026-02-16": "94.3% of care homes had given a recent return",
    "2026-03-16": "94.5% of care homes had given a recent return",
    "2026-04-14": "94.6% of care homes had given a recent return",
    "2026-05-14": "93% of care homes had given a recent return",
    "2026-06-15": "93.7% of care homes had given a recent return",
    "2026-07-14": "93% of care homes had given a recent return",
    "2026-08-14": "91.9% of care homes had given a recent return"
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    "2025-05-14": "81.5% of home care providers had given a recent return",
    "2025-06-16": "83.6% of home care providers had given a recent return",
    "2025-07-14": "82.2% of home care providers had given a recent return",
    "2025-08-14": "82.5% of home care providers had given a recent return",
    "2025-09-15": "81.8% of home care providers had given a recent return",
    "2025-10-14": "81% of home care providers had given a recent return",
    "2025-11-14": "84.4% of home care providers had given a recent return",
    "2025-12-15": "84.2% of home care providers had given a recent return",
    "2026-01-14": "85.5% of home care providers had given a recent return",
    "2026-02-16": "84.9% of home care providers had given a recent return",
    "2026-03-16": "85.1% of home care providers had given a recent return",
    "2026-04-14": "84.3% of home care providers had given a recent return",
    "2026-05-14": "83.7% of home care providers had given a recent return",
    "2026-06-15": "83.6% of home care providers had given a recent return",
    "2026-07-14": "83% of home care providers had given a recent return",
    "2026-08-14": "81.2% of home care providers had given a recent return"
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  "govuk_page_title": "Adult social care provider statistics, England: quarterly update to August 2026",
  "attachment_title": "Number of people receiving adult social care services, data to August 2026"
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  "period": "2026-08-14",
  "note": "in the week ending 14 August 2026, when 86.8% of care home beds were occupied; 91.9% of care homes and 81.2% of home care providers had given a recent return, and 489,732 people were receiving home care"
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