
Performance Tracker 2022/23: Spring update
Public services won’t have returned to pre-pandemic performance by the next election.
Performance Tracker 2022/23: Spring update
Our flagship report assesses the comparative, and in many cases interconnected, problems faced by critical public services such as the NHS, schools and the police.
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Performance Tracker 2022/23: Spring update - Summary
New funding was found for some public services at the autumn statement - but large challenges remain.

Performance Tracker 2022/23: Spring update - General practice
General practice is attempting to cope with a huge surge in demand, putting pressure on an overstretched workforce.

Performance Tracker 2022/23: Spring update - 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 2022/23: Spring update - Adult social care
The government provided additional funding for adult social care in the autumn statement but the workforce crisis is worse than ever.

Performance Tracker 2022/23: Spring update - Children's social care
Referrals have returned to pre-pandemic levels while the the number of children remaining in care has increased pressure on the system.

Performance Tracker 2022/23: Spring update - Neighbourhood services
Neighbourhood services – food safety, libraries, road maintenance, and waste collection – entered the pandemic with reduced or changed amenities.

Performance Tracker 2022/23: Spring update - Schools
The government is providing more funding to schools, but teacher training recruitment is at crisis level.

Performance Tracker 2022/23: Spring update - Police
The nature of police work changed during the height of the pandemic, but is now returning to previous patterns – while some challenges grow.

Performance Tracker 2022/23: Spring update - Criminal courts
The backlog of cases that started during the pandemic will affects courts for years to come.

Performance Tracker 2022/23: Spring update - Prisons
The prison workforce is insufficient to safely staff all prisons, with some prisoners still being kept locked in their cells for most of the day.

Performance Tracker 2022/23: Spring update - Methodology
Background information on our research for each spending area.