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Development in personal social services
This section contains letters, surveys and other information on developments in personal social services statistical collection.
Reporting of social services statistical data to HSCIC for 2005-06
Letter (September 2005) from the Information Centre for health and social care (IC) to confirm which social services statistical returns need to be completed in 2006; most relate to provision in 2005-06 and are mainly due for return by the end of May 2006.
Reporting of social services statistical data to DH and DfES for 2004-05
Published: 08/02/2007 21:46
Confirms which Social Services statistical returns need to be completed in 2005; most relate to provision in 2004-05 and are mainly due for return by the end of May 2005.
Confirmation of changes to be introduced to DH and DfES social services statistical returns for 2005-06
Published: 08/02/2007 19:07
Confirmation of changes to be introduced to children's returns from 2004-05
February 2004
New items on Children Looked After (CLA) returns and a new data collection on private fostering for 2004-05
Published: 11/11/2003
Reporting of social services statistical data to DH
Published: 22/08/2007 12:20
Confirms which Social Services statistical returns need to be completed in 2004; most relate to provision in 2003-04 and are mainly due for return by the end of May 2004. The list of forms and their due dates for return to the Department of Health are at Appendix 1. Appendix 2 sets out the reporting methods that are available for each return. Appendix 3 provides information KS1 changes between 2002/3 and 2003/4 on collecting additional data required for the new practice learning indicator being introduced for 2003/4. Appendix 4 provides guidance on PSS EX1 changes between 2002/3 and 2003/4.
New items on Children Looked After (CLA) returns and a new data collection on private fostering for 2004-05
Published: 30/09/2003
Collection of additional data via the statistical returns for 2003-04
Published: 10/10/2002
This letter is to gives six months notice of the data that Local Authorities need to collect to accurately pinpoint the contribution each is making to the provision of practice learning for social work students.
PSS User Experience Survey
Published: 11/01/2002
This document sets out the actions authorities will need to perform during 2001-2002 to survey service users and provide information to the Department of Health for two Performance Assessment Framework(PAF)/Best Value(BV) performance indicators.
Changes to collection of data on personal social services (PSS) expenditure and performance
Published: 04/04/2001
The Department of Health, the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, the Department for the Environment, Transport and the Regions and local authority representatives have reached agreement on significant changes to Accounting for Social Services and to rationalise the collection of PSS data on expenditure and unit costs. The changes have implications for the PSS Performance Assessment Framework (PAF) indicators that involve expenditure. The changes take effect for the collections of data for 2000-2001 which are now getting underway. You will wish to ensure appropriate handling of the new arrangements within your council.
Registration and inspection survey 2000-2001 amendments
Published: 04/04/2001
Department of Health publication
Collection of ethnic data in DH central statistical collections
Published: 31/03/2001
A position statement update
Social care core data set developments
Published: 12/03/2001
This paper (February 2001) provided a brief update of progress on work to develop the children's and adults' core data sets.
CI (2000)21: Information for social care
Published: 18/10/2000
Information for social care is intended to provide authorities with a toolkit to help them develop local information strategies. It seeks to highlight the importance of information and the key forces influencing the information agenda and identifies the main themes and issues that need to be tackled to help all those in leadership in social services in establishing their information strategies. No electronic downloadable version of this document is available.
Strategic review of business information needs (RoBIN)
Published: 06/04/2000
The strategic Review of Business Information Needs (RoBIN) in the Department covered subject area reviews on Cancer, Performance Management and Race Equality.
Defining a social care core data set
An update on progress - March 2000
Registration and Inspection Survey 1999-2000
Published: 17/03/2000
Enclosed with this letter are the statistical returns relating to the survey of the staffing and workload of local authority and health authority registration and inspection units for the year to 31 March 2000.
Developments in personal social services statistics
Published: 20/01/2000
The main developments affecting or likely to affect the information collected on the central returns in respect of PSS provision.
Census implications for ethnicity
Published: 20/01/2000
The Implication of the 2001 Census Ethnic Categories on DH Central Collections of Data; A "Position Statement"
Quality and performance in the NHS
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