Department Of Health
October 7
15:19
2024
This information is aimed at:
- people who buy social care services
- local authority and clinical commissioning group commissioners
- personal budget holders
- people who fund their own care
- care service providers
- potential investors in the care sector
The adult social care market refers to independent care sector providers and support organisations that provide Care Quality Commission regulated services.
This includes care and home care as well as unregulated care, such as:
- personal assistants
- volunteers
- communities and informal family carers
- wider support services