Consultation on Assessment of Adult Social Care
The way in which councils are assessed on their performance in
providing social care for adults is set to change.
The Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) is seeking
views on proposed modifications to its performance assessment of
adult services in 2008-09.
John Fraser, CSCI’s Director of Quality, Performance and
Methods, said:
“Councils’ commissioning and delivery of adult social care are
vital to local people who use these services, and their families
and carers.
“It is our job as the regulator to reflect policy changes and
ensure that what we assess is contemporary and relevant.”
There are four key areas in which the emphasis will change, in
line with Government expectations for:
- more power to be given to individuals to take control and
commission their own services;
- more power for councils to set their own priorities in meeting
local needs, with less central direction;
- a potentially universal entitlement to advice and information
and to a range of support and care services, and better access to
community services and personal care;
- health and social care services to be delivered together
effectively for people who need both, particularly those with more
complex support needs.
Consultation document and questionnaire
The closing date for views is 8 August.
Notes for Editors
- CSCI is the inspectorate for adults’ social care in England,
responsible for regulating and inspecting all social care providers
- whether in the public or independent sector, and for assessing
the performance of local councils in delivering their adults’
social services functions.
- The Commission’s primary aim is to improve social care by
putting the needs of people who use care services first.
- The Commission is chaired by Dame Denise Platt DBE and has five
Commissioners. The Chief Inspector is Paul Snell.
Media contacts:
- Andy Keast-Marriott 020 7979 2093
- Ray Veasey 020 7979 2094
- Chris Salter 020 7979 2089