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Reflections from Labour Party Conference – and a call for adult social care to take its rightful place in the national conversation
By Jess McGregor, ADASS President Earlier this week, I attended the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool. The energy and commitment to public service were palpable, but I left wanting to hear more about where adult social care sits in the Government’s agenda. At a Carers Trust roundtable, I was introduced to a young carer who, […]
3 October 2025
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ADASS responds to the attack at the Heaton Park synagogue in Manchester on Yom Kippur
We condemn the attack on worshippers at the Heaton Park synagogue in Manchester on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. Our thoughts are with the loved ones of those killed and harmed, and with the Jewish community and other communities in Manchester as they work together to cope with this tragedy. Antisemitism […]
3 October 2025
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ADASS responds to Fair Pay Agreement announcement
In response to the Government’s announcement of £500mn for the Fair Pay Agreement (FPA), ADASS President Jess McGregor said: “We’re pleased to see this FPA announcement to help improve the pay, terms and conditions of care workers who do a brilliant job day in and day out of supporting millions of older people and those […]
30 September 2025
Statements
Leading in troubled times
The President of ADASS, Jess McGregor, and Vice President, Phil Holmes, have today published a short statement about the challenges we all face and the standards we must maintain when leading adult social care through troubled times: “In recent months we have seen marches, flags waved in anger as well as pride, and sharp debates […]
29 September 2025
ADASS says new research by Nuffield Trust highlights problems with CHC
Responding to the new report by Nuffield Trust – entitled ‘All or Nothing? Access and variation in NHS continuing health care’, ADASS President Jess McGregor said: “This report highlights the lack of fairness and consistency in who receives CHC, with deep regional inequalities across the country despite CHC being underpinned by a national framework. “Our […]
26 September 2025
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Launching the ADASS Research Group: Influencing the future of social care
ADASS has launched a new research group to strengthen collaboration and shape future priorities. In this first update, Chair of the ADASS Research Group, Chris Lehmann, sets out the group’s plans, followed by Professor Yvonne Birks on why partnerships between research and practice are vital to improving adult social care.
15 September 2025
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Past reflections and a vision for the future
Julia Ross reflects on her 30-year career spanning health and social care, the stories and people which have shaped her professional life and future developments in social care.
19 August 2025
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From tragedy to preparedness: Adult social care’s voice in the Covid-19 Public Inquiry
By Cathie Williams, former ADASS CEO Five years ago we were in the thick of the pandemic. Now, the Hearings for the Social Care Module of the Public Inquiry have finished, the Inquiry is taking closing statements and we will await the report. I want to mark both the dreadfulness of that period, the magnificence […]
15 August 2025
Blog
Lucky enough to get old – housing that supports healthy ageing
Holly Holder, Senior Consultant at Campbell Tickell, highlights the urgent need for more accessible, affordable housing for older people in England. Here she calls for national policy change, market incentives, as well as on-going local action to ensure everyone can age with dignity, independence, and choice.
5 August 2025
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ADASS responds to Skills for Care’s size and structure report 2025
Our response to Skills for Care's size and structure of the adult social care sector
and workforce in England report.
29 July 2025
