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Performance Tracker 2022: Criminal courts
The backlog of cases that started during the pandemic will affects courts for years to come.
Performance Tracker 2022: Police
The nature of police work changed during the height of the pandemic, but is now returning to previous patterns – and some growing challenges.
Performance Tracker 2022: Schools
Schools are attempting to make up for the learning lost during the pandemic, but they face complex challenges.
Performance Tracker 2022: Neighbourhood services
Neighbourhood services – food safety, libraries, road maintenance, and waste collection – entered the pandemic with reduced or changed amenities.
Performance Tracker 2022: Children's social care
Despite a decrease in referrals to social services during the pandemic, the number of children remaining in care added pressure on the system.
Performance Tracker 2022: Adult social care
In 2020/21, the threat of Covid discouraged older people from coming forward for care. But demand is on the rise.
Performance Tracker 2022: Hospitals
The NHS is still struggling with the effects of the pandemic, while factors outside of Covid continue to put hospitals under intense pressure.
Performance Tracker 2022: General practice
In the third year of the pandemic, general practice is attempting to cope with a huge surge in demand, putting pressure on an overstretched workforce.
Performance Tracker 2022: Summary
While there are interconnected structural failures that will not be easy to address, there are steps that the government can take.
Performance Tracker 2022: Cross-service analysis
This year’s Performance Tracker assesses how nine public services have coped with the effects of the pandemic.