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Building capacity and capability for improvement in adult social care
Building capacity and capability for improvement in adult social care
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Author(s):
- Cream, Julia, author
Lamming, Laura, author
Downes, Nick, (Of King's Fund), author
Ewbank, Leo, author
Perry, George, (Of King's Fund), author - Contributor(s):
- King's Fund (London, England), issuing body.
- Publication:
- London : The King's Fund, August 2022
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Social Support
Social Work -- organization & administration
State Medicine
Adult
United Kingdom - Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- If the aim of adult social care is to make sure that we all receive the help (such as personal care or practical assistance) we need – whether due to age, illness or disability (Think Local Act Personal 2022a) to live our lives as comfortably and independently as possible, then few would question that we need to do more to improve it. Local authorities spend £23 billion a year commissioning adult social care services and huge effort is put into trying to improve the quality of adult social care both locally and nationally. This improvement activity primarily aims to enhance the quality of life of those who draw on social care, but it can also focus on improving the experience of the workforce or putting the finances on a more sustainable footing. In this discussion paper, we look at how local authorities in England make improvements in the quality of adult social care. This discussion is timely because the government has set out its intention to increase funding for improvement activities to support the reforms of adult social care. There are also plans to introduce a new Care Quality Commission (CQC) assurance framework to assess local authority performance in delivering all of their adult social care functions (Department of Health and Social Care 2021). We think this provides an opportunity to think afresh about how best to improve adult social care, alongside new independent regulatory assurance. Importantly, we recognise that most care is not delivered by local authorities but by independent providers, families, friends and the community. More work is undoubtedly needed on how everyone can collectively improve the quality of care. However, our focus here is on how local authorities go about improving adult social care (although this can include working with people who rely on social care, their families, providers, community groups, as well as politicians and NHS partners). This discussion paper draws on research we carried out between September 2021 and June 2022, commissioned by the Department of Health and Social Care. This work provides insights into how local authorities go about making improvements, how they measure success, and what type of support they use to make improvements. We approached five local authorities in England. In each area we interviewed stakeholders involved in improving adult social care, including those working in local authorities and the NHS, as well as those involved in care provider associations and user groups. We also interviewed consultancies that provide improvement support to local authorities.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (i, 54 pages, 1 unnumbered page))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918521284506676 (See catalog record)
- ISBN:
- 9781915303035
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918521284506676