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<p>The table below shows the number of people receiving care packages for the period
2010/11 to 2013/14.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>During year</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>1,574,590</p></td><td><p>1,462,290</p></td><td><p>1,327,910</p></td><td><p>1,273,280</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>The method of collecting data around users of social care changed in 2014/15.
The table below provides the figures for 2014/15 onwards which are published by NHS
Digital.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>During year</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Completed
Short Term Care Episodes</p></td><td><p>253,000</p></td><td><p>245,270</p></td><td><p>241,810</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Long
Term Care Users</p></td><td><p>885,000</p></td><td><p>873,000</p></td><td><p>868,440</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>The figures above show that there has been a reduction in local authority social
care user numbers over the time period requested.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities
have shifted their focus towards preventing people needing formal packages of care
hence the drop in user numbers.</p><p> </p><p>All councils have statutory duties to
look after their vulnerable elderly and disabled people. The Care Act 2014 introduced
national eligibility criteria for access to adult social care that local authorities
are required to meet.</p><p> </p>
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