Back in February the Law Commission published a consultation paper on proposals to update the law for adult social care in England and Wales. This feels like a very long time ago now, a lot has moved on since the consultation paper was produced, we’ve had purdah, the election and now a new government, combined of course with the current climate of financial constraints and incredible pressures on local authorities. To that end we think that it was an unfortunate time to canvas for views and opinions on such a key area, but we went ahead despite that.
We considered that responding to the Law Commission Consultation was critically important as we are deeply interested and involved in how people working in adult social care are enabled and empowered to work for the benefit of their customers. As part of promoting an evidence-informed way of working, we also have a role in questioning and commenting on how social care responds to what is impacting upon it.
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We received a disappointingly low number of responses from our Partner agencies, only four, and yet we were not surprised given the current pressures and demands on them. We also anticipate that a number of agencies will be providing their own responses to the Law Commission. On a more positive note, we were heartened by the time that our Reference Panel spent discussing and debating the consultation paper and the responses that they provided. You can read our response and we would welcome any thoughts, comments or discussion about it so please do leave a comment below or contact us by email. Thank you.
