‘No one is in charge’: social care system in England in chaos, Louise Casey to say

‘No one is in charge’: social care system in England in chaos, Louise Casey to say

Head of major review into adult social care will say that governments have been ‘asleep at the wheel’ of vital system Successive governments in England have been “asleep at the wheel” on social care, leaving the system to grow as a chaotic patchwork of local services with no clear vision, Louise Casey, the head of the social care commission, is to warn. Lady Casey, who is preparing proposals for a big review of adult social care , will say the result is that in effect “no one is in charge” of a system that provides vital services for millions of vulnerable people. Continue reading...