Adult social care in Rutland sets a benchmark

Friday, 20 February 2026 09:49

Source: Rutland County Council Facebook page

Rutland is once again leading the country in adult social care.

Rutland County Council has this week received the news of outstanding national recognition after being ranked as the top performing local authority in England for adult social care across 2024-25. The county came first out of 150 local authorities for the social care related quality of life, overall satisfaction of service users, those who use the service feeling safe and safeguarding enquiries where risk was reduced or removed. Rutland also came inside the top 20 over half of measures assessed.

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