by Alex Fox | Jul 24, 2024 | Adult social care
Even for a sector used to depressing news, the ADASS Spring Survey of adult social care directors is a difficult read. Only 10% of directors are fully confident they can meet statutory duties to provide social care: this is the stuff that keeps people alive, let alone...
by Alex Fox | Apr 2, 2024 | Adult social care
We recently convened a number of leaders and contributors across adult social care to discuss our new approach – Valuing Good Lives. In a recent online roundtable, colleagues that work within and lead adult social care emphasised the need to treat each person as...
by Alex Fox | Mar 7, 2024 | Adult social care, Children's social care, High Needs and children's education, Local government transformation, Medium term financial strategies
We often create services intended for everyone, but then find that they don’t work for everyone. They may exclude or poorly serve those with specific needs or barriers to accessing them. So we develop specialist services, for example, to support people with learning...
by Alex Fox | Jul 21, 2022 | Local government transformation, Medium term financial strategies
Key takeaways from Public Finance Live 2022. My colleagues and I were delighted to be back at Public Finance Live in person last week. It was great to catch up with so many Directors of Finance at the CIPFA President’s dinner, in between sessions, and on our stand....
