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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.
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Discover the latest updates from the Commission.
Baroness Casey calls for a moment of reckoning on adult social care
Press release: 5 March 2026 In a speech today (5 March) at the Nuffield Trust Summit, Baroness Casey said social care has never had its own “creation moment” and called for a national reckoning equivalent to Beveridge’s reforms in 1948. In her speech, Baroness Casey set out how there is currently a reliance on cobbled together underfunded services relying on low-paid care workers, a lack of ownership and accountability, and a deep divide between health and...
Baroness Casey hears from carers in Newcastle on social care tour
Baroness Casey of Blackstock this week met with carers and care centre workers as she visited Newcastle as part of her Independent Commission into Adult Social Care. Baroness Casey visited the Newcastle Carers centre in Byker where she was given a tour of the facility used to provide services and support to people who care...
Baroness Casey hosts cross-party discussion on future of adult social care
Today (8 September), Baroness Casey of Blackstock chaired a cross-party roundtable to discuss the work of the Independent Commission on Adult Social Care. The meeting, held in the Cabinet Office, was attended by a representative from each of the Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrats, Green and Reform UK parties. Baroness Casey updated party representatives on the...