Report cover
  • generic cover with audit wales branding and logo.
    Hywel Dda University Health Board – Structured Assessment 2022
  • report cover
    Maximising EU Funding – the Structural Funds Programme and the Rural…
  • Audit Wales document front cover with logo
    Swansea Bay University Health Board – Annual Audit Report 2022
  • generic cover with audit wales branding and logo.
    Vale of Glamorgan Council – the Application of the Sustainable…
  • generic cover with audit wales branding and logo.
    Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board – Annual Audit Report 2022
A Picture of Social Care
06 October 2021

This is part of a suite of summary reports looking at a picture of public services.

Following publication of the Picture of Public Services report we’re publishing a series of sector-specific summary reports.

This report summarises key information about social care in Wales.

It explores capacity, performance, funding, and outlines some of the key issues.

What we found

This report is not intended to be comprehensive. It sets out what we consider to be some of the key issues in the social care sector.

We found three key issues in social care:

  1. There are long-standing challenges in the social care sector, including achieving financial sustainability and funding arrangements.
  2. Progress addressing challenges in the sector has been slow.
  3. COVID-19 has made the need for change more pressing but transforming social care will be challenging.

The challenge of addressing the indirect impact of COVID-19 will likely continue for years into the future. There are significant, long-standing issues in the social care sector which pre-date the pandemic.

Despite the significant challenges ahead, there are opportunities to rebuild and deliver services differently, putting the user at the centre of services, and learning from the collective response to COVID-19.

Picture of Public Services 2021
A Picture of Local Government
A Picture of Healthcare

We'd like your feedback