LGA reacts to Baroness Casey call for action on adult social care

Responding to the announcement from Baroness Louise Casey on the Casey Commission review of Adult Social Care, Cllr Louise Gittins, Chair of the Local Government Association, said:

"Stabilising and reforming adult social care so it can best support people is one of the most urgent challenges we face as a society. Baroness Casey is right to recognise the need to elevate the true value and purpose of care and support nationally. It is encouraging that she has strongly signalled for this to be a core foundation behind her proposals for the sector's future.

“A focus on safeguarding people who draw on care and support is vital to creating a prevention-focused and person-centred system. There is a strong role for local government in ensuring that people's rights under the Care Act 2014 continue to improve. We look forward to seeing the proposals in more detail.

“We are engaging closely with councils, the care workforce, and people with lived experience through our ‘Care where we live' conversation series to inform the shaping of a future system that enables people to draw on dignified care and support, when and where they need it. Sustainable resourcing of adult social care remains key to successful system reform.”