Jess McGregor, ADASS President and Director of Adult Social Care at Camden Council, reflects on an early roundtable for Baroness Louise Casey’s Independent Commission on Adult Social Care.

Councils having to balance financial sustainability with doing the right thing for those who need adult social care, says ADASS president

#TestLearnandGrow Great The Future Governance Forum (FGF) and Newton session in Liverpool yesterday chaired by Darra Singh OBE. Oliver Coppard and Tom Hunt shared how by coming out of Whitehall a...

The Health Foundation and Ipsos at the Labour Party Conference sharing their work on public attitudes. Anna Quigley told us that social care is a priority for the public but people don’t understand ...

Carers UK session at the Labour Party Conference discussed the All Party Parliamentary Group on carers led by Anna Dixon and the brilliant work that employers have been doing to provide paid carers l...

Independent Commission on Adult Social Care

By Jess McGregor, ADASS President At ADASS, we represent leaders across adult social care who are united by a shared commitment: to enable people to live good lives, with dignity, independence, and co...

Like many other ‘sandwich carers’, I’m juggling work, care and raising my teenager – and I’ve reached breaking point

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Terms of reference for Baroness Casey's independent commission into adult social care.

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Realising the potential of social care so that everyone can live a good life

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Realising the potential of social care so that everyone can live a good life

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As I begin my presidency at the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), I am struck by how many brilliant women have gone before me, each with...

People with learning disabilities and care providers are calling for fairer funding.

The NHS will never work properly unless the government acts on social care, writes Richard Humphries After six months in power, the UK government has finally set out how it intends to tackle the lon...

Prevention is a central feature of the new Government’s mission-led approach to national renewal. Our joint publication makes the case for a shift towards taking action and offering support earlier, s...

Regulation is emerging as an important early issue for the new Government. Pauses to the Office for Local Government (Oflog) approach, the emergence of the Regulator...

Jess McGregor is the Director of Adult Social Services at Camden Council and Vice President of ADASS (the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services). Lord Darzi’s greatly anticipated report in...