by Ralph Cook | Sep 29, 2020 | Adult social care
A new publication exploring how to maximise the role of the VCS as we support communities to ‘bounce forward’ Today we launch a new publication, Next steps for the VCS: The Voluntary and Community Sector in a world shaped by Covid. A key observation for...
by James Swaffield | Aug 21, 2020 | Adult social care, Health
Today we launch a new publication and set a 10 point action plan for Covid recovery. Today we launch a new publication: What does the impact of Covid in social care mean for the NHS? 5 questions, 10 actions. Over the last months we have been asking DASSs about their...
by Charlotte Black | Aug 4, 2020 | Adult social care
Reflections on ADASS Summer seminar and the session I co-presented: ‘How to deliver good adult social care – despite Covid’ Charlotte Black is Service Director (Adults and Safeguarding) for Cambridgeshire County Council and Peterborough City Council I was really...
by Chloe Williams | Jul 28, 2020 | Adult social care, Health
At last week’s online ADASS Summer Conference, many attendees reflected on how Covid had starkly exposed inequalities across different communities and the impact this can have on a person’s life. The energy in the virtual-room was clear: participants were eager to...
by Ralph Cook | Jul 16, 2020 | Adult social care
Our new publication looks at the challenges and opportunities created by the pandemic Upcoming event: I’m hoping to see many of you on 22 July for our online workshop at ADASS Virtual Summer Conference – ‘How to deliver good adult social care – despite Covid’....
by Ralph Cook | Jul 6, 2020 | Adult social care, Health, Local government transformation
I recently interviewed 10 DASSs asking ‘what next for the sector?’ I’m lucky to have worked alongside some inspiring Directors of Adult Social Services (DASSs) over recent years, people whose leadership I respect and opinions I value. It was to some of these people...
