The state of social care in England 2007-08

Commission for Social Care Inspection - Presented to Parliament under section 129 1(b) of the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003

This fourth and final report on the state of social care in England is based on CSCI's findings from inspections, regulatory activity and performance assessment of councils.

This information:

• Describes trends in the range, quality and availability of social care services in 2007-08 across the public, voluntary and private sectors.
• Looks at support to people with multiple and complex needs to see whether these people are benefiting from the new personalised care agenda as described in Putting People First.

This overview offers a commentary and analysis of the contents of this report.