The adult social care survey (ASCS) collects feedback from service users. It aims to understand how well local services help service users in their daily lives, as well as their views on the services provided to them.
All councils with adult social services responsibilities (CASSRs) must run the survey every year. The findings help inform policy, improve services and monitor outcomes for local populations.
The Department of Health and Social Care is now responsible for ASCS. Some survey materials, including translated versions, may still refer to NHS England. This does not affect any of the survey or submission process.
Changed main page title to 'How to collect ASCS data: 2025 to 2026'.
Updated to replace ‘Survey data return ASCS 2025 to 2026’. The file has been corrected to restore the drop‑down menus and conditional formatting on the ‘Service user data’ sheet.
Added 'Plain English survey materials ASCS 2025 to 2026'.
Excerpt from the official page. The original is authoritative.