| 1 | Permanent admissions to residential and nursing care homes, per 100,000 population (18-64 younger people) | per 100,000 | 13.8 | 14 | 14.3 | Jul 2024 | Quarterly | Red | Amber | Up to date | There were 4 permanent admissions in quarter 2 compared to 8 in the previous quarter. | |
| 2 | Permanent admissions to residential and nursing care homes, per 100,000 population (65+ - older people) | per 100,000 | 699.6 | 654.9 | 593.9 | Jul 2024 | Quarterly | Green | Green | Up to date | There were 97 permanent care home admissions in quarter 2. There has been a gradual fall in Permanent admissions to residential and nursing care homes, with the target being achieved. This was expected due to the improving domiciliary care market position. | |
| 3 | Percentage of Adult Social Care plans reviewed within 1 year | Percentage | 96.7 | 98.5 | 97.4 | Jul 2024 | Quarterly | Green | Amber | Up to date | National guidance is that all care plans should be reviewed at least every twelve months. Work continues in this area to assist in improvements in this metric. | |
| 4 | % of eligible clients who have been given an indicative personal budget to enable them to consider alternatives to traditional services | Percentage | 91.8 | 95 | 91.1 | Jul 2024 | Quarterly | Red | Amber | Up to date | Eligible clients have the option to spend their personal budget on any support or service agreed to help them achieve their goals identified as part of their care needs assessment. Work continues on the actions which have been identified as part of the strategic change project. | |
| 5 | % of Northumberland based service providers rated by CQC as outstanding or good | Percentage | 85.8 | 84.3 | 86.3 | Jul 2024 | Quarterly | Green | Green | Up to date | This indicator reports all Northumberland based service providers rated on the CQC website. 13 providers rated Outstanding, 107 rated as Good, 18 Require Improvement and 1 Inadequate. The % of Northumberland based services rated Good or Outstanding continues to be above the national ratings for good and outstanding homes. There is one service rated inadequate in Northumberland, and the commissioning team are supporting improvements there. | |
| 6 | Proportion of clients that received a short term service and did not go on to receive a long term service | Percentage | 95.2 | 90 | 93.6 | Jul 2024 | Quarterly | Red | Green | Up to date | We do perform well on this ASCOF indicator which demonstrates the effectiveness of short term services within Northumberland. Latest published figures report 81.7 for the North East and 77.5 for England, and Northumberland ranks 17th overall out of 151 local authorities. | |
| 7 | Proportion of older people (65+) who were still at home 91 days after discharge from hospital into reablement/rehabilitation services | Percentage | 91 | 88 | 91.2 | Jul 2024 | Quarterly | Green | Green | Up to date | This outturn relates to discharges from hospital between January and March 2024. Latest published figures report 83.1 for the North East and 82.3 for England. Northumberland is ranked 25th out of 151 local authorities. Which is in the upper quartile. | |
| 8 | Social Care related quality of life | Number | 19.5 | 19.1 | 19.5 | Apr 2023 | Annually | Green | Green | Up to date | 2024 provisional figure from the annual Adult Social Care User Survey. Surveys were sent out to over 1400 service users in February 2024. The value is based on the response to several questions within the national survey. Higher scores are assigned to better outcomes, so the higher the overall score the better the average social care-related quality of life. The maximum possible score is 24. The latest published England average = 19.0 | |