HAC6148 Comprehensive Diagnostic of Health and Adult Social Care

Official summary

What is being procured?

The London Borough of Tower Hamlets has experienced sustained and accelerating growth in adult social care demand for and access to care and support across both working age adults and the older population. Complexity of needs and the unit cost of care have also increased. These trends are reinforced by wider demographic pressures, with the borough’s population expected to rise to 381,188 by 2030, and the number of residents aged 75+ forecasted to increase by 56% by 2045. The financial implications of this trajectory are amplified by the borough’s exceptionally high levels of income deprivation among older adults—61.5% live in income deprivation, the highest proportion in England, driving significantly higher reliance on council funded care.…