Economic value of adult social care sector

Skills for Care and Development (SfCD) commissioned ICF Consulting Limited to produce economic impact reports on the adult social care sector for the UK and the four constituent nations. The report provides estimates for the annual Gross Value Added (GVA) generated directly by the adult social care sector; the supply chain multiplier for the adult social care sector and the wage multiplier for the adult social care sector. It also provides estimates of employment due to the adult social care sector and the level of productivity in the sector. The report for Scotland estimates the total direct, indirect and induced value of the adult social care sector to be 198,600 jobs, 147,300 FTE jobs and between £3.4 billion and £3.9 billion in GVA. An infographic of the findings is available.