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Balancing adult social care: Rising costs, funding gaps, and the path forward

ADASS President, Melanie Williams reflects on the impact of the Autumn Budget on adult social care and the wider community sector.

18 November 2024

Blog

From treatment to prevention in health and social care: Hospital acquired deconditioning to reconditioning

Dr Anita Mottram, Principal Occupational Therapist for Kirklees Council, examines evidence on how a shift to reconditioning practices can keep people’s minds and bodies healthy during a hospital stay, with benefits for both health and social care.

4 November 2024

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Rethinking Prevention: Are We Making a Costly Mistake?

Richard Keyse, founder and CEO of 2iC-Care, discusses how proactive and preventive intervention in adult social care leads to better outcomes for people and delivers long-term cost savings for councils.

30 September 2024

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ADASS President’s reflections on social care at Labour Party Conference 24

ADASS President Melanie Williams reflects on this year's Labour Party Conference.

27 September 2024

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The future for employed unpaid carers – what are the next steps?

Beverley Tarka, former President of ADASS and current DASS in Haringey, reflects on the Carers UK campaign for a statutory right to paid Carer’s leave and how this could provide the vital support they need.

24 September 2024

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Celebrating the Essential Work of our Social Care Workforce

In celebration of Professional Care Workers' Week 2024, we caught up with Carolyn Nice, Director of Adults, Health and Wellbeing at Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council as she discusses how she got into social care work, the importance of the Skills for Care Workforce Strategy for Adult Social Care in England and how she thinks the work of social workers and carers can be valued.

19 September 2024

Blog

Hope, Challenge and Change in Adult Social Care

ADASS President Melanie Williams reflects on the relationship between social care and the NHS at the King's Fund Annual Conference 2024.

16 September 2024

Blog

Lord Darzi’s NHS report provides hope for social care

Jess McGregor, Director of Adult Social Services at Camden Council and Vice President of ADASS, shares her thoughts following Lord Darzi's NHS report.

12 September 2024

Blog

Boosting digital skills and confidence in adult social care: a critical need for the future

Opinion piece by Alyson Scurfield, CEO of TSA, the national advisory body for technology enabled care (TEC), looks at the barriers Directors of Adult Social Services face to make digital technology mainstream in social care.

5 August 2024

Blog

Optimism for a time to act from a survey of risk and gloom

Our President, Melanie Williams, shares her thoughts following the launch of this year's annual survey of Directors of Adult Social Services.

22 July 2024

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