Welcome to the Casey Commission website
The Prime Minister has asked Baroness Casey of Blackstock to chair an Independent Commission on Adult Social Care, which will recommend how to reform the adult social care system.
News and announcements
Discover the latest updates from the Commission.
Baroness Casey: successive governments “asleep at the wheel” on social care
Baroness Casey will today (11 November) set out and respond to findings of new research showing how no one is in charge of England’s adult social care sector. The research on the governance of social care, written for the Commission by the Nuffield Trust and the Institute for Government, shows England is an international outlier....
October 2026 newsletter
Welcome to the October newsletter! This month, we will look back at some of Baroness Casey’s recent visits, which included shadowing a care worker in Liverpool. We will also share some updates about the Big Conversation, including our work to hear from the adult social care workforce and preparations for the first meeting of our Public Panel on Care.
September 2026 newsletter
Welcome to our September newsletter. This month, the first phase of the Big Conversation on Care’s online platform came to a close, and invitations to join the Public Panel on Care began arriving in households across England. Baroness Casey also heard directly from people with learning disabilities and their families, spoke at the Alzheimer’s Society Annual Conference and took part in media interviews across the country. Read on for more about this month’s work below.