3 January 2025
Today, Friday 3 January 2025, the Government has set out immediate investment and reforms to improve adult social care and support the workforce, as well as launching an independent commission into adult social care to be chaired by The Baroness Casey of Blackstock DBE CB, to inform the creation of a National Care Service underpinned by national standards, delivering consistency of care across the country.
Kathryn Smith OBE, Chief Executive at Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), said:
The Commission is an opportunity to build cross-party consensus which will end decades of gridlock and deliver a lasting settlement that will change lives for the better and build strong local communities.
We look forward to working with the Commission to address evolving care needs, workforce challenges, and fair financial contributions, while leveraging existing reports rather than starting from scratch.
There are brilliant examples of good practice and innovation from around the country. Harnessing and scaling innovation and improvement is crucial to navigating the current challenges and future-proofing the sector.
Kathryn Smith OBE
Chief Executive of the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)
Notes to editors
The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) improves the lives of people of all ages by co-producing, sharing, and supporting the use of the best available knowledge and evidence about what works in practice. We are a leading social care improvement independent charity working with organisations that support adults, families and children across the UK. We also work closely with related services such as health care and housing. We improve the quality of care and support services for adults and children by:
- Identifying and sharing knowledge about what works and what’s new.
- Supporting people who plan, commission, deliver and use services to put that knowledge into practice.
- Informing, influencing and inspiring the direction of future practice and policy.
Our mission is to support best practice, shape policy and raise awareness of the importance of social care, working together. With the government’s ambition of reducing consultancy bills, SCIE can serve as the not-for-profit partner of government, working collaboratively to identify and implement improvements.
If you have any questions regarding this submission, please do not hesitate to contact media@scie.org.uk