Casey Commission

Adult safeguarding is some of the most complex and important work in social care, yet it often goes unseen. Melanie Williams, Executive Director of Adults and Wellbeing at West Northamptonshire Council and former ADASS President, explores how new national reforms could strengthen safeguarding practice, improve accountability and ensure people with lived experience remain at the centre of decision-making.

Our response to today’s speech by Dame Louise Casey at the Nuffield Trust Summit 2026.

James Bullion, Assistant Director of Policy for the Casey Review at the Local Government Association (LGA), sets out why adult social care needs more than funding alone, and why councils must play a central role in shaping sustainable reform through the LGA’s new ‘Care where we live’ engagement series.

Our response to Baroness Casey hosting cross-party talks about the future of social care.

The Casey Commission Terms of Reference were published late last week. ADASS welcomed the focus of the Commission but we were clear that the timelines need to be shorter or risk further deterioration of care and support.   To inform our response to the Commission, the national ADASS team have been working to gather views from […]