UK Department of Health & Social Care
UK Department of Health & Social Care
07/02/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 07/02/2026 09:25
Work-related quality of life of the adult social care workforce in England in 2025
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Work-related quality of life of the adult social care workforce in England in 2025
Survey results from the second wave of the Adult Social Care Workforce Survey, undertaken between August and October 2025 in England.
From: Department of Health and Social Care Published 2 July 2026
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Main report: work-related quality of life of the ASC workforce in England in 2025
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Technical report: work-related quality of life of the ASC workforce in England in 2025
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Cross-sectional data tables: work-related quality of life of the ASC workforce in England in 2025
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Longitudinal data tables: work-related quality of life of the ASC workforce in England in 2025
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The Adult Social Care Workforce Survey was designed to collect information from people working in adult social care about different aspects of their employment, work-related quality of life and wellbeing.
Insights and evidence of this kind will be vital in supporting policy development to deliver the government's ambitions to support the adult social care workforce. These include implementing and evaluating the first fair pay agreement (FPA) for adult social care, enhancing skills and building towards a national care service.
The survey will help the government and employers to:
- understand how best to recruit and retain staff
- build capacity
- improve working conditions
- develop future policy and guidance
The second wave of the survey was conducted by Ipsos in association with Skills for Care and the University of Kent and ran from August to October 2025. Over 3,000 responses were collected from a diverse range of workers.
The documents in this publication set out the questions asked and findings in full, along with the detailed methodology and how the survey findings will be used.
See Adult social care (ASC) workforce and work-related quality of life for findings from the first wave, which took place in 2023.
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