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DeploymentProcess & self-service2026-06-30
83.6% of registered adult social care locations in England have digital care records, covering 91.9% of people receiving care, as of June 2026
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Event date / reported
2026-06-30 · reported 2026-09-03
Evidence stage
DeploymentAn employer has put it into production. Can move the baseline — weighted by scale and how similar the setting is.
Tasks this bears on
The record and the handover
Charting what was done and what was observed, and telling the next shift what they need to know in the four minutes before they take over.
Automating✓ Evidence-backed
Where this applies
Official statistics from England's health and social care department. As of June 2026, 83.6% of adult social care provider locations registered with the Care Quality Commission are estimated to have a digital social care record, up from 79.3% in June 2025, and 91.9% of people cared for by those providers are estimated to be covered, up from 88.3%. Uptake is self-reported by providers, the department runs the programme whose target it reports, and a digital record is not the same as AI-written notes.
What this means
In England the care record is now digital almost everywhere; the paperwork end of the shift has moved from paper to a screen, which is the ground AI note tools are now being built on.
What it does not yet show
Self-reported uptake of digital records, not of AI; it does not show how long charting takes or how good handovers are.
What you can check
Open Adult social care provider statistics, England: quarterly update to August 2026 and find "83.6% of CQC -registered adult social care provider locations".
Does it change the assessment?
No. The impact index is never moved by a single event. Nor did this record change a layer: all 1 linked judgement above already rested on earlier evidence. This one adds to them.
Source
Department of Health and Social Care (England) — Adult social care provider statistics, England: quarterly update to August 2026 (Published 3 September 2026) · verified 2026-09-29 · Claude (VOLO agent) · interpreted 2026-09-29 · Claude (VOLO agent)
Primary source — published by the party that did this, or the authority of record. No co-signature needed.