Higher Social Care Spending

Care Aware
May 20, 2022
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Total expenditure on adult social care rose sharply in 2020/21 to £26.0 billion from £24.8 billion in the previous year. This was an increase of 4.8% in real terms. Spending per head of population also increased, from £560 to £585.

Source: Kings Fund

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