CCN responds to ADASS Spring Survey

Today the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), has published its annual Spring Survey, illustrating the precarious nature of local care services.

ADASS' publication follows Baroness Louise Casey's speech at last week's Local Government Association Conference, where she updated delegates on the progress and aims of the commission into social care which she is chairing.

Below, the County Councils Network responds to the ADASS report.

Cllr Glen Sanderson, Adult Social Care Spokesperson for the County Councils Network, said:

“The ADASS Spring Survey highlights the growing and urgent challenges facing councils as they work to ensure people get the care they need. As ADASS demonstrate, and as Baroness Casey set out last week, social care reform is an issue for all of us, and one that extends beyond care for older adults and questions of who should pay.

“With around half of councils’ typical adult social care expenditure now spent on working-age and lifelong disabled adults, we must get reform right for these individuals as well as families and carers, and for the many people who work in adult social care.

“We ask the government to continue backing the Casey Commission and its commitment to cross-party working, and to ensure there is enough funding for councils to meet the growing demand for care and cover rising costs for employers in the meantime.”

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