Free Personal and Nursing Care, Scotland, 2023-24
Statistics release presenting data on the number of people aged 18 and over that benefit from Free Personal Care (FPC) and Free Nursing Care (FNC) in Scotland, and the amount that Local Authorities spend on personal care services.
This section presents data on the estimated number of hours of personal care per week provided to Care at Home clients.
Please note that data on hours of personal care provided are only collected and presented for Care at Home clients, not for care home clients.
Note: it is possible that not all local authorities who submitted data for this section were able to provide a full count of the hours of personal care their Care at Home clients received. This is because of difficulties in tracking the hours of care provided through certain kinds of self-directed support. There is more information in the data quality section.
Age 65 and over
In 2023-24, an average of 9.8 hours of free personal care per week were estimated to have been provided to Care at Home clients aged 65 and over receiving personal care services. This is very similar to the estimated average of 9.9 hours of care per week provided per client aged 65 and over in 2022-23.
These numbers were estimated using data from all local authorities except for Glasgow City, who were unable to submit data in either year and for whom we could not make an estimate. Please see the section on estimated, missing and revised data in the data quality section for more information.
Age 18 to 64
An average of 20.4 hours of free personal care per week were estimated to have been provided to 18 to 64 year old Care at Home clients who received personal care services, in 2023-24. This is the same as was estimated in 2022-23.
These numbers were estimated using data from all local authorities except Glasgow City and Scottish Borders, who were both unable to submit data in either year, and for whom we could not make an estimate. Please see the section on estimated, missing and revised data in the data quality section for more information.
This means that, on average, Care at Home clients aged 18 to 64 were estimated to have received approximately twice as many hours per week of free personal care, than Care at Home clients aged 65 or over, in 2023-24. However, please note that the number of hours of care per client have been estimated from two slightly different sets of local authorities for the two age groups.
Full data, including the total estimated number of hours of personal care provided to Care at Home clients in each local authority, are available in the accompanying tables.
Contact
If you have any questions about this publication, or suggestions for what we could do better next year, please contact the Social Care Analytical Unit (SCAU): SWStat@gov.scot
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