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An ADASS spokesperson said: “We urged officials and NHS colleagues early on in the pandemic to look at the whole health and care system, not just at the priority for freeing hospital beds. Years of austerity and a failure of recognition of people needing social care, caring for others and working in social care contributed […]

Social services directors have welcomed research for Skills for Care showing that adult social care now contributes more than £50bn to the economy in England and has continued to grow strongly through the pandemic. Stephen Chandler, president of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, said: “Far from being a burden on the economy, […]

Today, Wednesday 29 September, The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman  (LGSCO) published its Annual Review of Adult Social Care Complaints, painting a stark and challenging picture of the state of the Adult Social Care sector. Responding to the LGSCO’s annual report, Stephen Chandler, ADASS President, said: ‘Whenever older and disabled people, carers and families do not […]

Prime Minister Boris Johnson today (07/09/21) set out the government’s vision for the future of adult social care. Following today’s announcement, Stephen Chandler, ADASS President, said: “We have waited a quarter of a century for a government to deliver on the promise of sustainable funding and reform of adult social care. This welcome announcement feels […]

In response to the latest Government announcement on double-vaccinated frontline NHS and social care staff new self-isolation measure, ADASS responded with the following statement:  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE19/07/21Government announcement on new self-isolation measure for frontline health & care staff In response to the latest Government announcement on double-vaccinated frontline NHS and social care staff new self-isolation measure, ADASS responded […]

From our experience, the CQC Assessment programme may be divided into a number of distinct stages over a period of up to 16 weeks. Of course, this timeline will no doubt be different once the formal assessment programme develops. We are all learning at this stage – both the CQC away-team and ourselves. Mobilisation and […]

ADASS warmly welcomes the Commons Health and Social Care Committee’s report on workforce burnout and resilience in the NHS and social care, particularly its call for publication of a people plan for social care as a matter of urgency and for objective, transparent and independently audited workforce projections for five-, 10- and 20-year periods. It welcomes […]

Selecting people to be interviewed for the on-site visit was an area where attention was needed both in terms of selecting key stakeholders to participate, while keeping those not directly involved updated. In our case, the number of days and content of each day for the visit changed regularly –  I suspect it will be […]

Responding to the Chancellor’s Budget and spending review, ADASS vice-president Sarah McClinton said: “It is deeply disappointing that the Chancellor failed to recognise the crisis in social care that is already upon us and will now only deepen this winter. “We are facing a perfect storm, with care staff quitting, family carers reaching breaking point, […]

In response to the Government’s announcement of a consultation on staff vaccination in adult care homes, James Bullion, ADASS President, said:  “The vaccination programme represents a major step forward in the fight against Covid-19, particularly in residential settings such as care homes. “It is important to acknowledge that significant progress has been made towards keeping […]