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This is a past event
This event brought leaders in adult social care together at a pivotal moment. The Independent Commission on Adult Social Care, led by Baroness Louise Casey, will publish an initial report this year, offering a potential opportunity to address fundamental issues and to recommend long‑lasting, comprehensive solutions. Meanwhile, the Department of Health and Social Care will introduce important changes, including a fair pay agreement, and the NHS will continue to roll out its plans for shifting care into the community.
How should those involved in social care respond to all this? Whose voices need to be heard, and what should they be arguing for? How can the sector as a whole organise to ensure the greatest chance of the change that is needed?
Throughout the day, around 200 delegates from across the adult social care sector interrogated six core issues, had an honest conversation about the future of social care, and considered the tough and courageous decisions that need to be made – and the trade-offs that come with them. Sessions explored practical approaches and solutions through focused breakout discussions and delegates heard directly from national leaders, moving past diagnosis towards a shared vision for change.
Planned sessions
Quality of care: what good quality care looks like for people who draw on care and support, and those who deliver it.
Public attitudes: what the public think about social care and what that means for its future.
Workforce: how should the sector respond to a fair pay agreement?
Market fragility: what a sustainable, vibrant provider market looks like.
Access: what an ambitious but attainable vision for improving access to social care could be.
Integration: what should be the role of social care within neighbourhood health
Funding: how can we move past the historical “doom loop” by identifying funding reforms that can expand access.
Each of the sessions will involve at least one question that participants will vote on using Slido.
Programme
Tuesday, 2 Jun 2026
Together we interrogated six core issues, had an honest conversation about the future of social care, and considered the tough and courageous decisions that need to be made.
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